easily

[ ee-zuh-lee, eez-lee ]

/ ˈi zə li, ˈiz li /

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adverb

in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble: The traffic moved along easily.

beyond question; by far: easily the best.

likely; well: He may easily change his mind.

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Origin of easily

First recorded in 1250–1300, easily is from the Middle English word esily. See easy, -ly

SYNONYMS FOR easily

2 certainly, surely, clearly, plainly.

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OTHER WORDS FROM easily

o·ver·eas·i·ly, adverb

Words nearby easily

easel, easement, easier, easier said than done, easiest, easily, easiness, easley, east, east africa, east african

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But that stability can be withdrawn as easily as it was granted.
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Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.
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He slides between them easily, as if riding the fader between his turntables.
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And the law can easily be used as a political tool to punish any disrespect of the state.
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A stocking stuffed with $324,000 in easily negotiable $20 bills weighs 132 pounds.
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No, no, my sly cub; you don't bamboozle an old bear so easily as all that.
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They studied from whatever book they liked best, each child bringing the "Reader" or "Speller" he could most easily lay hands on.
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And it might so easily have been the other way—Emil who was ill and Amedee who was sad!
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He could sink it to a whisper and still be audible, while in open-air meetings he could easily make himself heard by thousands.
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They could as easily have charged you overweight as underweight.
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British Dictionary definitions for easily

easily

/ (ˈiːzɪlɪ) /

adverb

with ease; without difficulty or exertion

by far; beyond question; undoubtedlyhe is easily the best in the contest

probably; almost certainlyhe may easily come first

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Idioms and Phrases with easily

easily

see breathe easy (easily); easier (more easily) said than done.

easily

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