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easily

easily

1.0
Without much effort
  • adverb
  • /ˈiːzɪli/
translation icon : fácilmente
  • Having the fiction books divided by genre helps students easily locate books that interest them.
  • more easily
  • easily accessible
  • easily understand

Like you couldn't buy tires easily or what else is ration?

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Examples

  • Similar problems arise with credit, which is more easily available to men than to women.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Things just didn't click very easily for me.

  • You could do it easily in that time.

  • Item 3, for example, asks students to decide how easily they can figure out new words.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The method's simplicity makes it easily altered for experimental research and survey designs as well.

    Academic text (2013)
  • With his blond hair and blue eyes, Ben blended in easily with the Polish population.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In the thumbs preview, one can easily scroll through issues and see each image.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The R4S course has widgets that allow the content to easily integrate into any learning management system.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Symptoms of chronic heart failure are easily confused with respiratory, renal, or malignant disease.

    Academic text (2011)
  • She solved the puzzle easily, finishing it in just a few minutes.

Synonyms

readily
vseasily
163 2.3

Without trouble or delay

expresses absence of difficulty but not necessarily speed or immediacy
effortlessly
vseasily
30 3.1

To do something without needing to try

describes lack of difficulty across situations rather than only physical work
handily
vseasily
18 3.0

In an easy way without trouble

refers more generally to lack of difficulty without stressing convenience
in a snap
vseasily
  • Informal
3 3.0

It happens very quickly with little effort

describes absence of difficulty rather than urgent immediate speed
in a breeze
vseasily
  • Informal
1 3.0

People do it very easily with little effort

means without difficulty but does not always imply very quick completion
facilely
vseasily
  • Formal
1 6.7

In an easy way that shows little care or thought

expresses lack of difficulty without suggesting superficiality or weak results

Antonyms

1.1

Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe

1.6

Not easy to do or understand

How Easy

effortlessly
30 3.1
easily
1.0
barely
1.0
arduously
1 7.8

Surface Forms

easily positive
easier comparative
easiest superlative

Morphology

easily = easy (transparent) = easy + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'easy' indicating manner 'without difficulty'.

Etymology

Easily comes from the simple word easy and the word ease, both meaning 'comfort' or 'freedom from trouble'. So to do something easily is to do it 'without difficulty' or with little effort.