 3 definitions found
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 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 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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