readily

[red-l-ee] / ˈrɛd l i /

ADVERB

quickly; effortlessly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cheerfully eagerly easily freely gladly immediately promptly willingly

WEAK

at once at the drop of a hat facilely hands down in a jiffy in no time lightly no sweat nothing to it piece of cake quick as a wink right away slick as whistle smoothly speedily straight away swimmingly unhesitatingly well without delay without demur without difficulty without hesitation

Antonyms

STRONGEST

difficultly grudgingly unwillingly

Example Sentences

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All of this readily registers on Barry’s Dada-absurdity meter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

“The lack of sustained traction for Sora does suggest that consumers may not readily embrace fully AI-generated video as their primary video entertainment source, at least for now,” Prentiss wrote on Wednesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

But the details of what came before are readily available.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

They typically lend to medium-size companies that can’t readily access public debt markets.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

II. French-Latin words—that is, Latin words introduced through the French—can often be readily distinguished by their being more changed in form than the Latin terms directly introduced into our language.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton

readily

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