What does free-and-easy mean?
Free-and-easy means Alternative form of free and easy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Alternative form of free and easy..
He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, […]
The other passengers were three Norwegians, three fossil Englishmen, two snobbish do., and some jolly, good-natured, free-and-easy youths.
He must have fancied me (from the racket I was making) as a sort of free-and-easy Hercules (which is not quite the case), if not as the whole football squad rolled into one.
‘Then, perhaps,’ says I, taking the gloves out of my pocket, ‘you can tell me who cleaned this pair of gloves? It’s a rum story,’ I says. ‘I was dining over at Lambeth, the other day, at a free-and-easy—quite promiscuous—with a public company—when some gentleman, he left these gloves behind him![…]’
Use free-and-easy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Free-and-easy means Alternative form of free and easy..
Common synonyms include familiar, casual, informal.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, […]
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