easily

Adverb
Synonyms: easywell

WordNet 3.0

Adverb (3)

  1. with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')“she was easily excited”“was easily confused”“he won easily”“this china breaks very easily”“success came too easy”Synonyms: easy
  2. without question“easily the best book she's written”
  3. indicating high probability; in all likelihood“I might well do it”“a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster”“you may well need your umbrella”“he could equally well be trying to deceive us”Synonyms: well
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Easily \Eas"i*ly\, adv. [From Easy.]

1.With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen. [1913 Webster]

2.Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]

3.Readily; without reluctance; willingly. [1913 Webster]

Not soon provoked, she easily forgives.— Prior.[1913 Webster]

4.Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without ?umult or discord. [1913 Webster]

5.Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily. [1913 Webster]

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