readily

[ red-l-ee ]

adverb

1. promptly; quickly; easily:

   The information is readily available.

2. in a ready manner; willingly:

   He readily agreed to help us.

   Synonyms: ungrudgingly, graciously, freely

ˈreadily

/ ˈrɛdɪlɪ /

adverb

1. promptly; eagerly; willingly
2. without difficulty or delay; easily or quickly

Other Words From

• over·readi·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of readily¹

First recorded in 1275–1325, readily is from the Middle English word redily; ready, -ly

Example Sentences

House Champagnes are also produced in far larger quantities than grower Champagnes, are more readily available to consumers, and comprise the household names like Krug, Moet, and Dom.

From Eater

Google’s Smart Bidding options, which are readily available via Google Ads, offer an easy way to see the campaign results you want while allowing you to take a more hands-off approach.

From Search Engine Watch

In my Monday column, readers shared the unique habits that make them readily identifiable to family and friends.

From Washington Post

Progress remains slow and uneven, especially countries that don’t readily have access to vaccines.

From Popular-Science

Bellows pointed out in his opinion that it was readily available from police and in the case file.

From Washington Post

All of us can readily conjure up horror scenarios by the isolated person acting badly.

From The Daily Beast

Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Oskar Schindler—these names come readily to mind when we think of heroes of conscience.

From The Daily Beast

It reacts very readily with oxygen by burning smokelessly, with carbon dioxide and water as its byproducts.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, Mailer was, as he readily admitted, something of a spoiled Jewish boy.

From The Daily Beast

In some cases, an ideologically-motivated education is readily available for girls, just not an open, western pluralistic model.

From The Daily Beast

In sorting notes it is necessary to be able readily to distinguish between notes of this bank and notes of other reserve banks.

From Project Gutenberg

In this way bundles of the plants are easily made, and in most cases these can be readily carried about.

From Project Gutenberg

We can readily see how this might have been, from numerous experiments made with both American and European varieties.

From Project Gutenberg

The action was at first a little confusing to Edna, but she soon lent herself readily to the Creole's gentle caress.

From Project Gutenberg

The "torfuge" (Fig. 31) is said to be a very satisfactory substitute for the centrifuge, and is readily portable.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• cheerfully
• eagerly
• easily
• freely
• gladly
• immediately
• promptly
• willingly