easily

In a breeze

Easily means without difficulty or effort: She easily finished the race ahead of the others.

It also means by a clear margin: He was easily the best candidate.

A third sense suggests likelihood or readiness: That could easily happen, She's easily upset.

The word sometimes carries a dismissive tone, implying something required less skill than claimed.

effortless

effortlessly

Without visible labor

  • smoothlyWithout friction or difficulty
  • readilyWithout delay or reluctance
  • freelyWithout restriction or hindrance

fluently · seamlessly · naturally · gracefully · fluidly · lightly · breezily · swimmingly · painlessly · handily

susceptibility

readily

Without delay or reluctance

promptly · hastily · vulnerably · prone to · given to · tend to

certainty

definitely

With complete certainty

surely · obviously · plainly · undeniably · unquestionably · arguably · doubtless · indisputably · without question · by far

Categories
Opposites
skill/grace of execution

easilyclumsily

In an uncoordinated manner

awkwardly · gracelessly · maladroitly · unskillfully · ham-handedly

margin of success

easilybarely

Only just, almost not

hardly · narrowly · by the skin of one's teeth · just · scarcely

Phrases
Family

easing, easier, easiness, easiest, uneasily, uneasier, uneasiest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G