Definitions

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

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"People assume that it will always be readily available. And we need to wean ourselves off that kind of idea that water will always be there."

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“These experiences don’t seem as readily available now as they were a decade ago.”

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Marketers are borrowing the vocabulary more readily than they are embracing some of the people who popularized it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

He added: "Our work suggests that tectonic uplift related to continental rifting and breakup created both steep slopes and high ground, providing the mountainous terrain that rivers and glaciers could readily erode."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 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

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