easiness

noun

Definition of easinessnext
as in naïveté

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Recent Examples of easiness Playa de Los Muertos, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico To see Puerto Vallarta at its finest, Playa de Los Muertos is the Mexican city's beach-going easiness turned up to the max. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for easiness
  1. gullibility
  2. receptivity
  3. receptiveness
  4. sensitivity
  5. openness
  6. credulity
Noun
  • With no way to secure this crucial boundary, Microsoft and its peers are left to erect complicated and ad hoc guardrails designed to rein in the consequences of this incurable gullibility.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 16 June 2026
  • Their bond — both are outsiders who suffered abuse as children — is one of the few emotional soft spots in the otherwise fast-moving series about America’s rotten power structure, manipulative media and the gullibility of the public.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
Definition of gullibility
Noun
  • That spiritual receptivity brings peace, clarity, and even safety to others.
    — Liesl Ehmke, Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2026
  • Their emotional awareness is a gift… but this almost all-consuming receptivity can easily result in them taking harmless jokes or silly comments personally.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
Definition of receptivity
Noun
  • However, the Lab's receptiveness to training established them as the ideal breed for guide dog foundations around the country.
    — Pat Mueller, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • His receptiveness and work are making an impression.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Definition of receptiveness
Noun
  • Given the turbulence, complexity and sensitivity of our world, perhaps the tournament is now established as a proxy for expressing global anxieties.
    — Simon Chadwick, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • Salmon contains omega-3 fats that may offer additional benefits for insulin sensitivity and heart health.
    — Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 20 July 2026
Definition of sensitivity
Noun
  • The letter asks for openness at the model layer, which is the one layer where almost no signatory keeps its moat.
    — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Again, income inequality can contribute to their openness to that point of view.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 24 July 2026
Definition of openness
Noun
  • Because these stories have to dramatize a search for normalcy, its leads tend to be awkward in ways that strain credulity.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Cape Fear strains credulity a little by making Natalie too easy a mark.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 19 June 2026
Definition of credulity

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