Dictionary

easily en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈiːz.li/ (Received-Pronunciation, colloquial)
• /ˈiː.zɪ.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈi.zɪ.li/ (General-American)
• /ˈi.zə.li/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
   • Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R. West of England trains has a single minute pared from its schedule, is unexplained - unless this is a playful dig at the Western Region, most of whose expresses, by reason of additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date. 1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:
   • Eftsoones she causd him vp to be conuayd, / And of his armes despoyled easily […] 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
2. Without difficulty.
   • One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis[…]interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • Individuals without a family network are easily controlled.
   • For instance, if the girl character is getting rescued by a boy, we can tell our girls the story could easily have been changed so the girl is doing the rescuing. 2014 January 31, Kelly Wallace, “Pink, princess-y and sexy too soon”, in CNN:
   • He could have easily phoned and told us he'd be late.
   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations. It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St. Auban's was a presence not to be concealed. 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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.
   • I get distracted very easily.
   • not easily offended

Forms

Deriveds

a fool and his money are easily parted

Synonyms

readily · handily

Translations (84)

ka იოლად (without difficulty) · nrf aîsîment (without difficulty) · bg безспорно (without question) · ka მარტივად (without difficulty) · nrf aîsîment (without question) · cim dèstar (without difficulty) · bg несъмнено (without question) · ml അനായാസം (without difficulty) · ru свобо́дно (comfortably) · ru удо́бно (comfortably) · fa به آسانی (without difficulty) · hy հանգիստ (without difficulty) · cs lehce (without difficulty) · cmn 舒適地 /舒适地 (comfortably) · es sobradamente (without difficulty) · ko 쉬이 (without difficulty) · eo facile (without difficulty) · bg лесно (without difficulty) · it tranquillamente (comfortably) · grc ῥᾳδίως (without difficulty) · gl tranquilamente (comfortably) · cmn 毫無疑問地 /毫无疑问地 (without question) · uk ле́гко (without difficulty) · fr facilement (without difficulty) · gl facilmente (without difficulty) · ar بِسُهُولَة (without difficulty) · ja 容易に (without difficulty) · it agevolmente (without difficulty) · enm esiliche (without difficulty) · hy հեշտ (without difficulty) · dlm fázil (without difficulty) · eu aise (without difficulty) · nl makkelijk (without difficulty) · el εύκολα (without difficulty) · it facilmente (without difficulty) · gl doadamente (without difficulty) · fi ilman muuta (without question) · la faciliter (without difficulty) · lt lengvai (without difficulty) · sv lätt (without difficulty) · gl sen dúbida (without question) · mww yooj yim (without difficulty) · fi kiistatta (without question) · hu könnyen (without difficulty) · sh лако (without difficulty) · ca fàcilment (without difficulty) · fi helposti (comfortably) · fi helposti (without difficulty) · hy անկասկած (without question) · fi mukavasti (comfortably) · hy հեշտորեն (without difficulty) · ml എളുപ്പം (without difficulty) · es sobrado (without difficulty) · sa लघु (without difficulty) · ml അനായാസം (comfortably) · fr facilement (without question) · de leicht (without difficulty) · got 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌱𐌰 (without difficulty) · ka ადვილად (without difficulty) · hy հեշտությամբ (without difficulty) · tr kolaylıkla (without difficulty) · ia facilemente (without difficulty) · es fácilmente (without difficulty) · es aína (without difficulty) · cmn 容易地 (without difficulty) · pt facilmente (without difficulty) · eu erraz (without difficulty) · uk зру́чно (comfortably) · es aínas (without difficulty) · cs jednoduše (without difficulty) · tr kolayca (without difficulty) · pt sem dúvida (without question) · ja -易い (without difficulty) · cs snadno (without difficulty) · la facile (without difficulty) · enm esiliche (comfortably) · ru легко́ (without difficulty) · ko 쉽게 (without difficulty) · pt tranquilamente (comfortably) · sh lako (without difficulty) · oc facilament (without difficulty) · sk ľahko (without difficulty) · uk ле́гко (without question) · ru легко́ (without question)