at ease

[at ease] or [at one's ease] {adj.} or {adv. phr.}

1. In comfort; without pain or bother.

* /You can't feel at ease with a toothache./

2. or [at one's ease] Comfortable in one's mind; relaxed, not troubled. — Often used in the phrase "put at ease" or "put at one's ease."

* /We put Mary at her ease during the thunderstorm by reading her stories./

Compare: AT HOME(2).

Contrast: ILL AT EASE, ON EDGE.

3. Standing with your right foot in place and without talking in military ranks.

* /The sergeant gave his men the command "At ease!"/

Compare: PARADE REST.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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