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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Easily \Eas"i*ly\, adverb [From {Easy}.]
1. With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.
2. Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. --Sir W. Temple.
3. Readily; without reluctance; willingly.
Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. --Prior.
4. Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without ?umult or discord.
5. Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
easily
adverb
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
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