Dictionary

readily en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɹɛdɪli/

Etymology

From Middle English redily, rediliche. By surface analysis, read(i) + -ly.

Meanings

1. Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
   • The suspect readily answered all questions the police officers asked him.
2. Without impediment, easily.
   • Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
   • Light does not pass through water nearly as readily as it passes through air, and in order to function efficiently, an animal that lives in the water must rely on other senses in addition to light. 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 28:
   • readily available; readily achievable
   • Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death. 1885, Alexander Wynter Blyth, Poisons, Their Effects and Detection: A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts, volume I, New York: William Wood and Co., page 430:

Forms

Translations (42)

ko 손쉽게 (easily) · fi auliisti (showing readiness) · el εύκολα (easily) · eo prete (showing readiness) · fo fúsur (showing readiness) · fo gleðiligur (showing readiness) · cmn 容易的 (easily) · pt prontamente (showing readiness) · es pronto (showing readiness) · fr volontiers (showing readiness) · sv lätt (easily) · fr aisément (easily) · fo við gleði (showing readiness) · bg лесно (easily) · sv beredvilligt (showing readiness) · cmn 積極的 /积极的 (showing readiness) · fo gjarna (showing readiness) · de bereitwillig (showing readiness) · bg охотно (showing readiness) · nl gewillig (showing readiness) · ka ხალისით (showing readiness) · ka ხალისიანად (showing readiness) · ka დაუბრკოლებლად (easily) · de problemlos (easily) · sq gati (showing readiness) · fr facilement (showing readiness) · es en seguida (showing readiness) · ka მარტივად (easily) · fo lættliga (easily) · ru охо́тно (showing readiness) · nl direct (easily) · ka ადვილად (easily) · el οικειοθελώς (showing readiness) · el πρόθυμα (showing readiness) · de ohne Schwierigkeiten (easily) · ko 기꺼이 (showing readiness) · nl probleemloos (easily) · sv villigt (showing readiness) · es fácilmente (showing readiness) · ml എളുപ്പത്തിൽ (easily) · nl vlot (showing readiness) · ka მონდომებით (showing readiness)