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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: easily adv 1: with ease; "she was easily excited"; "was easily confused"; "he won easily"; "this china breaks very easily"; (`easy' is used informally for `easily' as in "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}]
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