English adverb: easily | |||
1. | easily with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily') | ||
Samples | She was easily excited. Was easily confused. He won easily. This china breaks very easily. Success came too easy. | ||
Synonyms | easy | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
2. | easily without question | ||
Samples | Easily the best book she's written. | ||
3. | easily indicating high probability; in all likelihood | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | well | ||