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easily

  • /ˈiː.zɪ.li/ UK
  • /ˈiːz.li/ UK, colloquial
  • /ˈi.zɪ.li/ US
  • /ˈi.zə.li/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English esiliche, equivalent to easy + -ly.

adverb easilier · more easily · easiliest · most easily

  1. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety. Eftsoones she causd him vp to be conuayd, / And of his armes despoyled easily […]
  2. Without difficulty. Individuals without a family network are easily controlled.

    Similar: readily, handily

  3. colloquial, not comparable Absolutely, without question. This is easily the best meal I have eaten.
  4. More quickly or likely than is usual or expected. not easily offended

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: easy, well, easier, casually, simple, simply, freely, facility, calmly, facile, effortlessly, plainly, quietly, straightforward, seamlessly, clearly

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adv comfortably

中文舒適地 /舒适地 shūshì de
Portuguêstranquilamente
Italianotranquillamente
Русскийсвобо́дно svobódno, удо́бно udóbno

adv without difficulty

Españolfácilmente, aína, aínas, sobrado, sobradamente
한국어쉽게 swipge, 쉬이 swii
日本語-易い -yasui, 容易に yōi ni
中文容易地 róngyì de
Portuguêsfacilmente
Françaisfacilement
Deutschleicht
Italianofacilmente, agevolmente
Ελληνικάεύκολα éfkola
Русскийлегко́ lexkó
العربيةبِسُهُولَة bisuhūla

adv without question

中文毫無疑問地 /毫无疑问地 háowú yíwèn de
Portuguêssem dúvida
Françaisfacilement
Русскийлегко́ lexkó

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@misc{easily_2026,
  title = {easily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/easily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}