Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Affording or characterized by comfort and peace; restful.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Attended by or affording ease; promoting rest or comfort; quiet; peaceful; restful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of ease; suitable for affording ease or rest; quiet; comfortable; restful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective full of
ease , restful, comfortable
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Examples
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The real motherly tenderness that was in this woman's heart was quickly perceived by the child, who did not move its eyes from hers, but lay perfectly still, gazing up at her in a kind of easeful rest such as it had never before known.
Cast Adrift 1847
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Always saying that he sought rest, and always exhausting himself, he may have been half in love with easeful death.
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The women who were once your women find these easeful and revelatory.
Beneath the Light of an Exploding City Robert Kloss 2011
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In his defence, he's equally engaging about why easeful vernacular phrasing by such figures as Dorothy Fields ( "I Can't Give You Anything But Love") and Frank Loesser ( "Sit Down, You're Rockin 'the Boat") makes their writing so strong.
Finishing the Hat: The Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim by Stephen Sondheim – review David Benedict 2010
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It's a tribute to Rimington's chairmanship that this commitment to easeful enjoyment is loyally echoed by colleagues, with her fellow judge and author Susan Hill tweeting: Hurrah!
The Man Booker judges seem to find reading a bit hard | Catherine Bennett 2011
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Always saying that he sought rest, and always exhausting himself, he may have been half in love with easeful death.
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It loses sight of the fact that the best books – the books that last – are born of necessity, not just of the need to fill a gap in the market and give us an easeful few hours.
Great literature will live on with or without a prize | Observer editorial 2011
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More than half in love with easeful death but unlike poor consumptive Keats, not a love born of necessity, and bloodier than easeful by more than half.
Alamo Rag David Ackley 2011
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Through the practice you are able to tap into a place of peace that leads to an easeful sleep.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Learn To Sleep The Way A Yogi Does! 2010
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Perhaps it's easier to adopt a problematic alternative than to live with less light, for with our abundant illumination - as with our easeful travel - we measure the expansiveness of our lives.
Jane Brox: Light! Less Light! The Evolution Of Artificial Light Jane Brox 2010
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