'With ease' definitions:
Definition of 'With ease'
From: GCIDE
- Ease \Ease\ ([=e]z), n. [OE. ese, eise, F. aise; akin to Pr. ais, aise, OIt. asio, It. agio; of uncertain origin; cf. L. ansa handle, occasion, opportunity. Cf. Agio, Disease.]
- 1. Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- They him besought Of harbor and or ease as for hire penny. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body. [1913 Webster]
- Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching. --Swift. (b) Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind. [1913 Webster]
- Among these nations shalt thou find no ease. --Deut. xxviii. 65. [1913 Webster]
- Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. --Luke xii. 19. (c) Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. [1913 Webster]
- True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- At ease, free from pain, trouble, or anxiety. "His soul shall dwell at ease." --Ps. xxv. 12.
- Chapel of ease. See under Chapel.
- Ill at ease, not at ease, disquieted; suffering; anxious.
- To stand at ease (Mil.), to stand in a comfortable attitude in one's place in the ranks.
- With ease, easily; without much effort.
- Syn: Rest; quiet; repose; comfortableness; tranquillity; facility; easiness; readiness. [1913 Webster]