facility
Roget-categorie 705
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.4. Antagonism
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Facility
zelfstandig naamwoord
facility,
ease —
easiness
etc.
adj. —
capability —
feasibility
etc.
(practicability)
470 —
flexibility,
pliancy
etc.
324 —
smoothness
etc.
255.
plain sailing,
smooth sailing,
straight sailing —
mere child's play,
holiday task —
cinch [U.S.].
smooth water,
fair wind —
smooth royal road —
clear coast,
clear stage —
tabula rasa [Lat.] —
full play
etc.
(freedom)
748.
disencumbrance†,
disentanglement —
deoppilation† —
permission
etc.
760.
simplicity,
lack of complication.
werkwoord
be easy
etc.
adj. —
go on smoothly,
run smoothly —
have full play
etc.
n. —
go on all fours,
run on all fours —
obey the helm,
work well.
flow with the stream,
swim with the stream,
drift with the stream,
go with the stream,
flow with the tide,
drift with the tide —
see one's way —
have all one's own way,
have the game in one's own hands —
walk over the course,
win at a canter —
make light of,
make nothing of,
make no bones of.
be at home in,
make it look easy,
do it with one's eyes closed,
do it in one's sleep
etc.
(skillful)
698.
render easy
etc.
adj. —
facilitate,
smooth,
ease —
popularize —
lighten,
lighten the labor —
free,
clear —
disencumber,
disembarrass,
disentangle,
disengage —
deobstruct†,
unclog,
extricate,
unravel —
untie the knot,
cut the knot —
disburden,
unload,
exonerate,
emancipate,
free from,
deoppilate† —
humor
etc.
(aid)
707 —
lubricate
etc.
332 —
relieve
etc.
834.
leave a hole to creep out of,
leave a loophole,
leave the matter open —
give the reins to,
give full play,
give full swing —
make way for —
open the door to,
open the way,
prepare the ground,
smooth the ground,
clear the ground,
open the way,
open the path,
open the road —
pave the way,
bridge over —
permit
etc.
760.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
easy,
facile —
feasible
etc.
(practicable)
470 —
easily managed,
easily accomplished —
within reach,
accessible,
easy of access,
for the million,
open to.
manageable,
wieldy —
towardly†,
tractable —
submissive —
yielding,
ductile —
suant† —
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324 —
glib,
slippery —
smooth
etc.
255 —
on friction wheels,
on velvet.
unembarrassed,
disburdened,
unburdened,
disencumbered,
unencumbered,
disembarrassed —
exonerated —
unloaded,
unobstructed,
untrammeled —
unrestrained
etc.
(free)
748 —
at ease,
light.
[able to do easily]
at home with —
quite at home —
in one's element,
in smooth water —
skillful
etc.
698 —
accustomed
etc.
613.
bijwoord
easily
etc.
adj. —
readily,
smoothly,
swimmingly,
on easy terms,
single-handed.
uitdrukking
touch and go.
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