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easily

adv
/ˈiː.zɪ.li/UK/ˈi.zɪ.li/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from esiliche

Definitions

  1. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

    • Eftsoones she causd him vp to be conuayd, / And of his armes despoyled easily […]

  2. Without difficulty.

    • Individuals without a family network are easily controlled.
    • He could have easily phoned and told us he'd be late.

  3. Absolutely, without question.

    • This is easily the best meal I have eaten.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. More quickly or likely than is usual or expected.

      • not easily offended
      • I get distracted very easily.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at easily. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at easily. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at easily

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA