Easily

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Easily \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.
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     2. Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life
        well and easily. --Sir W. Temple.
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     3. Readily; without reluctance; willingly.
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              Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. --Prior.
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     4. Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without ?umult or
        discord.
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     5. Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage
        moves easily.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  easily
       adv 1: with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for
              `easily'); "she was easily excited"; "was easily
              confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very
              easily"; "success came too easy" [syn: {easy}]
       2: without question; "easily the best book she's written"
       3: 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" [syn: {well}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  103 Moby Thesaurus words for "easily":
     absolutely, actually, assuredly, by far, cautiously, certainly,
     circumspectly, clearly, comfortably, commodiously, competently,
     compliantly, conclusively, conveniently, cozily, crawlingly,
     creepingly, decidedly, definitely, definitively, deliberately,
     delicately, dexterously, dilatorily, doubtless, doubtlessly,
     easy as pie, efficiently, effortlessly, facilely, falteringly,
     far and away, fluently, freely, gently, haltingly, handily,
     hands down, idly, in low gear, in march time, in slow motion,
     in slow tempo, indeed, indisputably, indolently, indubitably,
     languidly, languorously, leisurely, lightly, like clockwork,
     like nothing, limpingly, lingeringly, loiteringly, luxuriously,
     moderately, most likely, no doubt, no sweat, obviously,
     on easy terms, patently, peacefully, pokily, pokingly, positively,
     probably, readily, really, relaxedly, reluctantly, reposefully,
     restfully, roomily, simply, slow, slowly, sluggishly, smoothly,
     snugly, softly, submissively, surely, swimmingly, tarryingly,
     tenderly, tentatively, truly, undeniably, under easy sail,
     undoubtedly, unequivocally, unhurriedly, unquestionably,
     very likely, voluptuously, well, with agonizing slowness,
     with deliberation, with ease, without difficulty