EASILY

well, easily

(adverb) 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”

easily

(adverb) without question; “easily the best book she’s written”

easily, easy

(adverb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

easily (comparative easilier or more easily, superlative easiliest or most easily)

Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

Without difficulty.

(colloquial, not comparable) Absolutely, without question.

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Source: Wiktionary


Eas"i*ly, adv. Etym: [From Easy.]

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

2. Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. Sir W. Temple.

3. Readily; without reluctance; willingly. Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. Prior.

4. Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without

5. Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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