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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

And, in the short term, experts say, coal remains the most readily available fallback.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

We thus have many different phenomena converging on the same conclusion: that food production spread more readily out of Southwest Asia than in the Americas, and possibly also than in sub-Saharan Africa.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond