Eas"i*ly (?), adv. [From Easy.]
1. With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen.
2. Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily.
Sir W. Temple.
3. Readily; without reluctance; willingly.
Not soon provoked, she easily forgives.
Prior.
4. Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without umult or discord.
5. Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.
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