easily

UK/ˈiː.zɪ.li//ˈi.zɪ.li/

easily adverb: comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

Adverb

easily (comparative easilier or more easily, superlative easiliest or most easily)

Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
- 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
- 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...1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593
Without difficulty.
- Individuals without a family network are easily controlled.
- He could have easily phoned and told us he'd be late.
Synonyms:

readily, handily
(colloquial, not comparable) Absolutely, without question.
- This is easily the best meal I have eaten.
More quickly or likely than is usual or expected.
- not easily offended
- I get distracted very easily.

வினையுரிச்சொல், எளிதாக, சுலபமாக, தடையற்ற, கடினமற்ற, சிரமமற்ற

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Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R.1961 October, “The winter timetables of British Railways: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 593:
It is easily earned repetition to state that Josephine St.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter II, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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:

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

What does easily mean?: Easily means comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.
What is easily in Hindi?: Easily in Hindi is आसानी से (āsānī se), आराम से (ārām se), रफ़्ता-रफ़्ता (raftā-raftā). See Easily meaning in Hindi.
How do you use easily in a sentence?: Why this already very fast train should be speeded up still further, when none of the other more easily timed S.R.
What part of speech is easily?: Easily is an adverb.
How do you pronounce easily?: Easily is pronounced /ˈiː.zɪ.li/ (UK).

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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