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Definition of "easily" []

  • In an easy manner; with ease. (adverb)
  • Without question; certainly: easily the best play this season. (adverb)
  • In all likelihood; well: a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "easily" in a sentence
  • "To like someone is not a term easily employed by Klingons."
  • "More importantly, you can now launch the Recycle Bin easily from the Windows Start Menu search box."
  • "This was true of the ancients: “Pregnant women should above all else avoid repletion,” or overeating, declared the second-century physician Galen, who noted that “servant girls and other poor women” are not “stuffed beyond due measure with food,” yet they “reach their term easily, go into labor easily, and bring into the world a large and well-nourished baby.”"