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easily
('/i/z/@/l/i/ )

adverb (r)

  • with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')(adv.all)
    Example:
    She was easily excited.
    Was easily confused.
    He won easily.
    This china breaks very easily.
    Synonym:
    easy
    source: wordnet30
  • without question(adv.all)
    Example:
    Easily the best book she's written.
    source: wordnet30
  • indicating high probability; in all likelihood(adv.all)
    Example:
    A mistake that could easily have ended in disaster.
    source: wordnet30
  • With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.(adverb)
    source: webster1913
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