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| 1. | [ adverb ] with ease | |
| Synonyms: | easy | |
| Examples: | "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") |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism easy easy | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] without question | |
| Examples: | "easily the best book she's written" |
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| 3. | [ adverb ] indicating high probability; in all likelihood | |
| Synonyms: | well | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Similar spelling: |
easel |
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