easily

Definition

Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "Individuals without a family network are easily controlled."