easy-going
Britishadjective
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relaxed in manner or attitude; inclined to be excessively tolerant
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moving at a comfortable pace
an easy-going horse
Example Sentences
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It might seem daunting to drive into the hulking mountains surrounding L.A., but there are many easy-going and family-friendly adventures to be had in Angeles National Forest.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
The easy-going exchange demonstrates the camaraderie that has helped 29-year-old Cash and Glasspool, 32, become the best men's team in the world.
From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025
"He was one of the most easy-going managers I've had to deal with."
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024
He became one of the first comics to venture into podcasting in 2009, quickly building an audience with his easy-going conversation style and sense of humour.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024
For a moment some old, flickering, here-and-gone feeling stirred in the General’s memory—the smell of wet cabbage leaves in a cottage garden, the sense of some easy-going, kindly place, long forgotten and lost.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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