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
The chancellor seemed what can only be described as nervously-at-ease throughout the encounter with the six children.
He seemed a bit ill-at-ease at first but warmed to the task as the briefing went on.
Tressan was monstrous ill-at-ease, and his face lost a good deal of its habitual plethora of colour.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniCathcart coughed and was obviously ill-at-ease, but he answered with some show of dignity.
A Millionaire of Yesterday | E. Phillips OppenheimThey will remain ill-at-ease until, somewhere in the heights where Mediunah is preparing for another day, a cock crows.
Morocco | S.L. Bensusan
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 WallaceHe was spending his declining years in the arduous but surprisingly successful task of being wretched, irritable and ill-at-ease.
No Clue | James Hay
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