ˈeasy-ˈgoing, ppl. a.
a. Of a horse: Having an easy gait or step. b. fig. That takes things easily; comfort-loving; inactive, indolent.
| 1674 Ch. & Court of Rome 7 Let us suppose an easie-going, good-natur'd man. 1837 Thackeray Ravenswing iii, That easy-going cream-coloured 'oss. 1862 Burton Bk.-hunter i. 3 Antiquarianism, which used to be an easy-going slipshod sort of pursuit. 1879 Beerbohm Patagonia iii. 36 He is a careless, easy-going vagabond, always cheerful. |
Hence ˌeasyˈgoingness.
| 1879 Mrs. Houston Wild West 34 The temptation to cheat..owing to the easy-goingness of his master. 1881 N.Y. Nation XXXII. 164 The good-natured easygoingness of the then leader of the House of Commons. |