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[ adverb ] with ease
Synonyms Examples "she was easily excited" "was easily confused" "he won easily" "this china breaks very easily" (`easy' is used informally for `easily' as in "success came too easy") Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)The Catholic priest , though somewhat superficially drawn , easily came_out the best . (Mr. America, 4:6...)Definition of the thighs at the uppermost part is quite commonly seen in most championship Olympic lifters which is easily understandable . It improves over-all balance and control for the bodybuilder , and helps to make Squats more easily and more correctly performed . (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The data reported here are either from spectra from which the adsorbed water resonance could easily be eliminated or from spectra of samples evacuated and sealed_off at 375 ` C which contain no adsorbed water . (J. W. C. Hagstrom et al., "Debilitating muscular...)The bone of the vertebral bodies , ribs , and sternum was soft and was easily compressed . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] without question
Examples "easily the best book she's written" Used in print (The New York Times,...)From the standpoint of the army of duffers , however , this was easily the most heartening exhibition they had had since Ben_Hogan fell upon evil ways during his heyday and scored an 11 in the Texas_open . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Hastening to the attic , the temperature of_which was easily hotter than the Gold_Coast , you proceeded to mask the windows with a fancy wool coverlet , some khaki pants , and the_like , and to ransack the innumerable boxes and barrels stored there . |
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[ adverb ] indicating high probability; in all likelihood
Synonyms Examples "I might well do it" "a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster" "you may well need your umbrella" "he could equally well be trying to deceive us" |
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