easygoing

or eas·y-go·ing

[ ee-zee-goh-ing ]

/ ˈi ziˈgoʊ ɪŋ /

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adjective

calm and unworried; relaxed and rather casual: an easygoing person.

going easily, as a horse.

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Origin of easygoing

First recorded in 1665–75; easy + going

OTHER WORDS FROM easygoing

eas·y·go·ing·ness, noun

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How to use easygoing in a sentence

He was not so easy-going that he would deny his desire to win the Oscar that would eventually go to Dujardin.
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“It was an outdoor archive, but with more than documents,” Frankel, who has the easy going air of a camp counselor, says.
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According to one close former colleague, Trawick is so easy going, he never even raises his voice.
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Known for his easy-going California attitude, he is respected for his creativity, work ethic, and congeniality.
Richard Grenell on Why We’re Still Talking About Clint|Richard A. Grenell|September 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Would he have enlivened the race with an easy-going style and populist appeal sorely lacking in the present GOP field?
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He would be altogether too easy-going to refuse to help Belle, especially in a good cause.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
He had grown weary of an easy-going life, and the desire to start afresh made itself increasingly felt.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
If this passenger was easy-going and polite, the rhinoceros, which came next, was very much the reverse.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
He usually wore his pale-grey felt hat at a slight angle, and had the air of the easy-going adventurer, debonair and unscrupulous.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux
Still, he cultivated his easy-going cosmopolitanism to pose as a careless adventurer.
The Doctor of Pimlico|William Le Queux

British Dictionary definitions for easygoing

easy-going

/ (ˌiːzɪˈɡəʊɪŋ) /

adjective

relaxed in manner or attitude; inclined to be excessively tolerant

moving at a comfortable pacean easy-going horse

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