easily

adv

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

1. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

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

   “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 additional stops, will be decelerated from the same date.”

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. More quickly or likely than is usual or expected.

   “not easily offended”

   “I get distracted very easily.”