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Definition/Meaning

(adverb)

willingly, without pausing or delaying due to being unwilling or unsure;

e.g. He readily agreed to make accommodations for us to stay a little longer.

(adverb)

easily, without much effort or difficulty;

e.g. Most of the ingredients for this recipe are readily available at your local store.

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Similar Words

Easily

Easy

Fain

First

Freely

Handily

Lightly

Rather

Soon

Sooner

Well

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Opposite Words

Hardly

Leisurely

Mightily

Slow

Slowly

Tardily

Thoroughly

Willy-nilly

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Related Words

Abruptly

Apace

Bang

Directly

Double-quick

Efficiently

Either

Fast

Forthwith

Full tilt

Hastily

Headlong

Hot

Immediately

Incontinently

Instanter

Instantly

Instead

Lickety-split

Naturally

Now

PDQ

Plumb

Posthaste

Presently

Presto

Promptly

Pronto

Quick

Right

Short

Soon

Sooner

Straightaway

Straightway

Swift

Swiftly

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