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EASEFUL

Definition: EASEFUL

EASEFUL

Adjective

1. Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "EASEFUL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references)

Commercial Usage: EASEFUL

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Books

  • An easeful death? : perspectives on death, dying and euthanasia (reference)

  • Easeful Death (Thorndike Large Print Americana Series) [LARGE PRINT] (reference)

  • Easeful Death: Caring for Dying & Bereaved People (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: EASEFUL

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

But she did not raise her easeful head to let him see.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: EASEFUL

"EASEFUL" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "EASEFUL" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: EASEFUL

Language Translations for "EASEFUL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

qetësues (anodyne, assuagement, balmy, bland, calming, comforting, demulcent, depressant, drug, lenitive, pacificatory, painkiller, palliative, paregoric, reposeful, restful, sedative, soother, soothing, tranquilizer), i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passionless, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مريح (agreeable, calming, comfort, comfortable, convenient, cosy, easy, easygoing, refreshing, relaxing, restful, smooth, snug, soothing). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

успокояващ (calming, composing, demulcent, emollient, reposeful, soothing), свободен (at large, available, disengaged, disposable, easy, exempt, facile, familiar, fetterless, floating, fluent, footloose, free, glib, go-as-you-please, immune, independent, intestate, leisure, loose, neglige, off, open, otiose, quit, spare, tripping, unbending, unbound, unbuttoned, uncommitted, unconstrained, unforced, unreserved, unrestricted, unstudied, untenanted, untrammelled, vacant, void, wide), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), без работа (idle, inactive, workless). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

'适 (Comfort, Comfortable, comforts, Cosy, Coziness, Cozy, Ease). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uklidòující (balmy, calming, emollient, placatory, restful, sedative, soothing). (various references)

   

French

  

acclamant. (various references)

   

German

  

ruhig (calm, calmly, cold, collectedly, composed, composedly, easy, level, orderly, peaceable, peaceful, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiescently, quiet, quietly, relaxed, reposeful, restful, restfully, sedate, sedately, self-composed, serene, silent, smooth, smoothly, staid, steadily, steady, still, stilly, subdued, tranquil, tranquilly, uneventful, unexcited, unflustered, unharried, unruffled, untroubled). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csöndes (noiseless). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

easefulay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

facilmente (Cose, easily, easiness, easy, lightly, readily, swimmingly), confortável (comfortable, comfy, cosy, cozy, cushy, snug), calmante (ataractic, ataraxic, calmative, composing, depressant, healing, mollifier, painless, paregoric, relaxing, salve, sedative, soothing, tranquilizer, tranquillizer). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

trândav (idle, inactive, lazy, sluggard, sluggish, truant, vacant), tihnit (comfortable, leisured, leisurely, patriarchal, quiet, recumbent, reposeful), liniştitor (assuasive, balmy, calming, composing, reassuring, restful, restfully, softening, soothing), leneş (bum, dull, easy going, idle, Idler, idly, lazily, lazy, lazybones, loafer, loiterer, otiose, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, torpid, truant, vacant). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

спокойный (calm, calmer, composed, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easy, even tempered, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, settled, sober-blooded, still, tranquil, untroubled), незанятый (free, idle, odd, unemployed, unoccupied, vacant). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

popustljiv (clement, complaisant, compliant, concessive, deferent, indulgent, lenient, liberal, permissive, placable, sparing, weak-kneed, yielding). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

tranquilo (calm, collected, easy, even-minded, peaceful, quiet, relaxed, serene, smooth, still, stilly, tranquil, tranquilized, unconcerned). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

спокійний (balanced, calm, canny, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, deft, even-minded, halcyon, impassive, laidback, leisurable, orderly, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, reposeful, restful, secure, sound, together, tranquil, unruffled), зручний (accessible, accommodative, carriageable, comfortable, comfy, convenient, cosy, couth, easy, likely, practical), заспокійливий (assuasive, balsamic, calmative, comfortable, composing, conciliative, conciliatory, demulcent, lenitive, nepenthean, obtundent, pacificatory, placatory, propitiatory, reposeful, restful, sedative), ледачий (idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish), бездіяльний (deedless, dormant, effortless, inactive, indolent, killed, otiose, shiftless, torpid, vacuous). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thoải mái l m dịu tha thẩn, thanh thản (easily, easy, quietly). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: EASEFUL

Derivations

Words beginning with "EASEFUL": easefully. (additional references)


Misspellings

"EASEFUL" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baseful, beakerful, beaksful, caseful. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "EASEFUL"

Words rhyming with "EASEFUL" (pronounced 'Ease"ful'): Abuseful, Affrightful, Aidful, Amazeful, Amendful, Annoyful, Armful, Artful, Assistful, Avengeful, Aviseful, Awful, Baleful, Baneful, Barful, Bashful, Bateful, Batful, Beamful, Behooveful, Beliefful, Blameful, Blissful, Blitheful, Blushful, Boastful, Boatful, Bodeful, Bookful, Breathful, Bretful, Brimful, Capful, Careful, Causeful, Chanceful, Changeful, Chargeful, Charmful, Cheerful, Choiceful, Complaintful, Contentful, Corruptful, Crimeful, Cropful, Cupful, Dareful, Darkful, Deathful, Debateful, Deceitful, Deedful, Delightful, Dernful, Desertful, Designful, Desireful, Despairful, Despiteful, Deviceful, Devoutful, Direful, Dirgeful, Discontentful, Discordful, Disdainful, Diseaseful, Disgraceful, Disgustful, Dishful, Dislikeful, Dismayful, Dispatchful, Disregardful, Disrespectful, Distasteful, Distractful, Distressful, Distrustful, Doleful, Doomful, Doubtful, Dreadful, Dreamful, Dueful, Dureful, Earnful, Entreatful, Eventful, Exciteful, Eyeful, Faithful, Fateful, Faultful, Fearful, Feastful, Fenceful, Fiendful, Fishful, fitful, Foodful, forceful, forgetful, Formful, Fountful, Fraudful, fretful, frightful, Friskful, fruitful, gainful, Gameful, Gashful, Gaudful, Gazeful, Gerful, Ghastful, Gladful, Gleeful, graceful, grateful, Griefful, Gripeful, Groanful, Growthful, Grudgeful, Guardful, guileful, Gyreful, handful, Harangueful, harmful, hateful, Healful, healthful, heedful, helpful, Hoful, hopeful, hurtful, Increaseful, Intreatful, Inventful, ireful, Jestful, joyful, lapful, LAWFUL, Leapful, Leful, Lengthful, Leveful, Lifeful, Lightful, Listful, Loathful, Lossful, Loudful, Loveful, lustful, manful, Mastful, Mazeful, Meedful, Mightful, Milkful, mindful, mirthful, Mischanceful, Misdoubtful, Mistful, mistrustful, Moanful, Moistful, Molestful, Mopeful, Mournful, Mouthful, Museful, Needful, Neglectful, Nestful, Noiseful, Noteful, Noyful, Offenseful, Overawful, Overcareful, Overfruitful, Pailful, Painful, Panful, Pangful, Peaceful, Pestful, Pithful, Placeful, Plagueful, Plaintful, Plateful, Playful, Plotful, Prateful, Prayerful, Presageful, Pretenseful, Preyful, Prideful, Purseful, Quemeful, Rageful, Rapeful, Rashful, Rebukeful, Recourseful, refreshful, regardful, regretful, Reliefful, remindful, Remissful, remorseful, Renownful, reposeful, reproachful, Researchful, resentful, Resistful, resourceful, respectful, restful, Resultful, Retreatful, revengeful, rewardful, Rewful, rightful, Riskful, rueful, Rustful, Sapful, Scathful, Sceneful, Scentful, Schemeful, scornful, Senseful, Shadeful, shameful, Sheetful, Shendful, Shipful, Sightful, sinful, skilful, skillful, Skinful, Sleepful, Sleightful, Slightful, slothful, Sneerful, songful, Spaceful, spadeful, Spareful, Sparkful, Speechful, Speedful, Spellful, spiteful, Spitful, Spleenful, Spoilful, spoonful, Sportful, Sprightful, Startful, Stateful, Stealthful, Stickful, Stormful, Streamful, Strengthful, stressful, Strifeful, successful, Supportful, Surgeful, Suspectful, Swayful, tactful, Taleful, tasteful, tearful, Teemful, Teenful, Tentful, thankful, thoughtful, Threatful, Timeful, Toilful, Toothful, Topful, Tormentful, Toyful, Tradeful, Trayful, Treeful, Tressful, Trunkful, trustful, truthful, tubful, tuneful, Tureenful, unartful, Unbashful, Unblestful, unfaithful, unfruitful, ungraceful, ungrateful, unlawful, unskillful, unsuccessful, Untrustful, untruthful, Urnful, useful, Vatful, Vauntful, Vengeful, Voiceful, Wailful, Wakeful, Wareful, Warmful, Wasteful, Watchful, Wealful, Wealthful, Weepful, Weleful, Wileful, Willful, Wishful, Wistful, Witful, Workful, Worthful, Wrackful, Wrathful, Wrawful, Wreakful, Wreckful, Wretchful, Wrongful, Yardful, Yearnful, Youthful, Zealful. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EASEFUL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-l-s-u"

-2 letters: alefs, easel, false, fease, feels, fleas, flees, flues, fuels, fusee, fusel, leafs, lease, sulfa.

-3 letters: alee, alef, ales, ease, eels, else, feal, feel, fees, feus, flea, flee, flue, flus, fuel, fuse, lase, leaf, leas, lees, lues, safe, sale, saul, seal, seel, self, slue.

-4 letters: ale, als, eau, eel, efs, elf, els, fas, fee, feu, flu, las, lea, lee, leu, sae, sal, sau, sea, see, sel, sue, use.

-5 letters: ae, al, as, ef, el, es, fa, la, us.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-l-s-u"
 

+1 letter: fuselage.

 

+2 letters: easefully, fuselages.

 

+3 letters: affluences, defaulters, feudalizes, luciferase, presageful, semifeudal, sufferable, unfeasible.

 

+4 letters: affluencies, awfulnesses, balefulness, buffleheads, carefullest, carefulness, enfleurages, fatefulness, fearfullest, fearfulness, featureless, feudalities, flatulences, hatefulness, luciferases, requalifies, tearfulness, wakefulness.

 

+5 letters: artfulnesses, beautifulest, dreadfulness, dreamfulness, emulsifiable, faultinesses, flatulencies, fraudulences, gracefullest, gracefulness, gratefullest, gratefulness, insufferable, lawfulnesses, manfulnesses, pasqueflower, peacefullest, peacefulness, prequalifies, reformulates, shamefulness, tastefulness, wastefulness, wearifulness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EASEFUL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 41 53 45 46 55 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    .-    ...    .    ..-.    ..-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01000001 01010011 01000101 01000110 01010101 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#65 &#83 &#69 &#70 &#85 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0041 0053 0045 0046 0055 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39355339405546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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