easy vs tongue-tied

easy

adj
  • Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth. 

  • Consenting readily to sex. 

  • Requiring little skill or effort. 

  • Comfortable; at ease. 

  • Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour. 

  • Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant. 

verb
  • Synonym of easy-oar 

adv
  • In a relaxed or casual manner. 

  • In a manner without strictness or harshness. 

  • At the very least. 

noun
  • Something that is easy. 

tongue-tied

adj
  • Prevented from or unable to express oneself clearly or fluently, or freely; at a loss for words, speechless. 

  • Reluctant to speak up; reserved, reticent. 

  • Having tongue-tie or ankyloglossia (“a congenital oral anomaly in which the lingual frenulum (a membrane connecting the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth) is unusually short and thick, decreasing mobility of the tongue and affecting eating, speech, etc.”). 

  • Physically unable to speak; dumb, mute. 

How often have the words easy and tongue-tied occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )