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Meaning of 'easily' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Easily [ adv.]
- With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.
- Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily.
- Readily; without reluctance; willingly.
- Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without /umult or discord.
- Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.

Meaning of 'easily' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . easily [ r]
Meaning (1):
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood
Example in sentence:
  • a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster;
  • he could equally well be trying to deceive us;
  • I might well do it;
  • you may well need your umbrella
Meaning (2):
- without question
Example in sentence:
  • easily the best book she's written;
  • Fred Winter is unquestionably the jockey to follow;
  • they hired unimpeachably first-rate faculty members
Meaning (3):
- with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')
Example in sentence:
  • he won easily;
  • she was easily excited;
  • success came too easy;
  • this china breaks very easily;
  • was easily confused

Nearby Words:

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