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Go carefully, don't hurry, as in That chest is heavy, so easy does it. [1920s] Also see go easy.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

Talking about death is never easy, but with food, comfort, and familiarity, a new kind of dinner party is making it easier.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The first thing they told us was that the traffickers are now using Turkish ports, which are relatively easy to reach from Syria.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You know, when I was younger, I used to make problems for myself, like it was too easy.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They selected an “easy mark” who turned out to be an off-duty NYC Housing Authority cop named James Carragher.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

This will make it easy to pour the flour mixture into the stand mixer.
Make ‘The Chew’s’ Carla Hall’s Sticky Toffee Pudding|Carla Hall|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A constant sense of easy balance should be developed through poising exercises.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Big Reginald took their lives at pool, and pocketed their half-crowns in an easy genial way, which almost made losing a pleasure.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterwards the motion was easy enough.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
His Indian repute had not preceded him to such degree as to make the way easy for him through the London crowd.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
The endless miles of railways, the vast apparatus of the factories, the soaring structures of the cities bear easy witness to it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock