Meaning of EASILY
| Pronunciation: | | 'eezulee
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- [adv] 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"
- [adv] without question; "easily the best book she's written"
- [adv] with ease; "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; (`easy' is used informally for `easily' as in"success came too easy")
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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 ?umult or
discord.
5. Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage
moves easily.
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