at ease


Also, at one's ease. Comfortable, relaxed, unembarrassed, as in I always feel at ease in my grandmother's house. The related idiom put at ease means “make comfortable, reassure,” as in I was worried that the letter would not arrive in time, but the postmaster put me at ease. [1300s] For the antonym, see ill at ease.

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How to use at ease in a sentence

  • He was ill-at-ease, almost incoherent at moments, and it was a long time before she could discover his business.

    Jack O' Judgment | Edgar Wallace
  • He was spending his declining years in the arduous but surprisingly successful task of being wretched, irritable and ill-at-ease.

    No Clue | James Hay