easilyadv.

Brit.

/ˈiːzᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈiz(ə)li/

Forms: Formerly compared easilier, easiliest; also easierly adv. Forms: Middle English aisieliche, eseliche, eesely, eesili, Middle English esely, esili, esyly, Middle English–1500s easely, 1500s easly, easilie, 1500s– easily.

Etymology: < easy adj. + -ly suffix².

1. Comfortably; without pain, discomfort, or anxiety, luxuriously, self-indulgently.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] > without pain or discomfort

easilyc1300

easefully1611

painlessly1843

panglessly1874

c1300 St. Brandan 395 Ȝe schulle wende, Al eseliche withoute anuy [MS. Laud 108, 106 (Halliw.) has aisieliche].

c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 20 To disceyue men in gostly goodis and worldly, and norischen hem esily in synne.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 471 Vp on an Amblere esily [v.r. esely] she sat.

c1440 York Myst. xlviii. 298 Belyve ȝe brought me of þe beste And made my bedde full esyly.

1562 Act 5 Eliz. xii. §3 Persons seeking only to live easily, and to leave their honest Labour.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 312 The one sleepes easily because he cannot study.

1891 N.E.D. at Easily Mod. The patient rested much more easily last night.

2. Without constraint or stiffness; smoothly, freely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adverb] > easily or freely

easily1398

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. iii Þis puppis [the hinder part of the brain] is harde þat þe synewis of meuynge meue þe eseloker [1535 easelier] and þe soner.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xx. 8 A swerde..which wente easely out and in.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 156 Sir your wit ambles well, it goes easily .

1891 N.E.D. at Easily Mod. The window-frame fits quite easily.

†3. Without hurry; deliberately, gradually. Also, calmly, quietly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] > unhurriedly

softeOE

easily1384

leisurely1486

leisurablya1540

deliberately1595

unhurriedly1880

the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > unhurriedly

easily1384

softlyc1450

leisurely1486

leisurablya1540

toomlyc1540

handsomely1550

deliberately1595

pausablya1633

advisedly1655

unhurriedly1880

1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1675 That through the worlde her fame goo Esely and not to faste.

c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 473 Let hit renne thorugh esiliche.

1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. nvii Bere esily thy harme & it shall greue the the lesse.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2208 When Priam hade his prologe preched to ende, Ector hym answarede esely and faire.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. E2 I am acquainted with the way..Let's easily walke.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. i. 9 She reach'd her Hand easily towards my Breast.

a. With little exertion, labour, or difficulty.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb]

lighteOE

eathOE

eathlyc1000

wellc1325

easilyc1384

easy1400

mackly1440

of light?c1450

facilely1490

facile1524

handsomely1538

eaths1594

simply1681

unproblematically1771

slick1825

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1929 So great a noyse..Men myght hyt have herd esily to Rome.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xiv. 160 The poyntes [of these contrefetes] wil breken lightly, and men may esily pollische hem.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 46 Withoute tho clerkis..lay persoones schulen not esili liȝtli and anoon haue the dew vndirstonding of Holi Scripture.

a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 127 By thys mean..the controversys..schold easelyar be pacyfyd.

1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs Ep. Ded. sig. A.iii Whyche thing we may easly se in the historyes of the olde auncyent Jewes.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xiv. 65 Nothing is more easily broken than a mans word.

1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 178 Who might easiliest get out of the City.

1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 29 It is a..better rule not to put off till tomorrow what we can do more easily to-day.

b. In phrases like easily possible, it may easily happen. Also easily first (= beyond question) after Latin facile princeps.

ΚΠ

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 145 They are more straung, nor easilie like to happen.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 71 Ist possible? Beat. Very easily possible .

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 96 We name..things according to what they oftenest or easiliest do seem to us to be.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xlix. 6 He as easily last among the poets As thou surely the first among the pleaders.

1883 W. Blaikie in Harper's Mag. Nov. 907/1 Harvard has..easily the finest gymnasium in the world.

5. With little resistance or reluctance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb]

to goodeOE

thankc888

yernec888

lieflyc900

lovelyeOE

lustly971

willinglyOE

wilfullyc1000

with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE

fainc1175

lustilya1225

lief1297

yfaȝea1300

blethelyc1300

goodlya1375

blelyc1380

willingc1384

bainc1400

acceptably1479

bainlya1500

cheerfully1523

towardly1523

desirously1531

pronely?1532

fainly1535

wilningly1597

bongre1598

libentiously1606

volently1614

propensely1648

easily1649

with (a) good grace1650

unreluctantly1655

with the best will (in the world)1814

unhesitatingly1829

unqualifyingly1841

unloathly1844

happily1889

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης ix. 83 The House of Peers..gave..easily [their consent].

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 56 If it come from the Brain it [a Catarrh] afflicteth easily, long and continually.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 153. ⁋4 Youth catches Distempers more easily [than Age].

1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 38 They easily bear with the smothering Heat of Stoves.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 26 I..had too easily, and I may say, too foolishly, put that to the Vote.

1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 115 [He] had thought He loved her..wedded easily, But left her all as easily.

†6. Preceded by but: In a listless or indifferent manner; hence, in a trifling degree; with poor success; indifferently, meanly, poorly. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1475 Bk. Noblesse 29 Some peple endowed with worldly goodes,..can not depart but easily withe finaunce.

1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 494 The Frenshe Kynge cherysshyth hyre [sc. Queen Margaret] butt easelye.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria i. f. 16 Some nonnys kepe theyr virginite but easely.

1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 34 For lacke of tethe I cham my meate but easelye.

1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition sig. 16 Can they here goddis lawes, ye though they be but easily preached, and not abhorre sedition..?

7. (Made) in such a manner as to be easy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] > in such a manner as to be easy

easily1577

1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 245^v The steyers..are so easily made, that one may go them vp and down a horsebacke.

8. colloquial. At least (a specified number or time); more than.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater quantity, amount, or degree > more than or at least

easily1947

1947 Library Jrnl. Aug. 1097/2 Easily, a million cards were handled in the process and the difference between that and 100,000 destroyed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	easily
释义	easilyadv. Brit. /ˈiːzᵻli/, U.S. /ˈiz(ə)li/ Forms: Formerly compared easilier, easiliest; also easierly adv. Forms: Middle English aisieliche, eseliche, eesely, eesili, Middle English esely, esili, esyly, Middle English–1500s easely, 1500s easly, easilie, 1500s– easily. Etymology: < easy adj. + -ly suffix². 1. Comfortably; without pain, discomfort, or anxiety, luxuriously, self-indulgently. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] > without pain or discomfort easilyc1300 easefully1611 painlessly1843 panglessly1874 c1300 St. Brandan 395 Ȝe schulle wende, Al eseliche withoute anuy [MS. Laud 108, 106 (Halliw.) has aisieliche]. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 20 To disceyue men in gostly goodis and worldly, and norischen hem esily in synne. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 471 Vp on an Amblere esily [v.r. esely] she sat. c1440 York Myst. xlviii. 298 Belyve ȝe brought me of þe beste And made my bedde full esyly. 1562 Act 5 Eliz. xii. §3 Persons seeking only to live easily, and to leave their honest Labour. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 312 The one sleepes easily because he cannot study. View more context for this quotation 1891 N.E.D. at Easily Mod. The patient rested much more easily last night. 2. Without constraint or stiffness; smoothly, freely. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > [adverb] > easily or freely easily1398 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum v. iii Þis puppis [the hinder part of the brain] is harde þat þe synewis of meuynge meue þe eseloker [1535 easelier] and þe soner. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. xx. 8 A swerde..which wente easely out and in. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 156 Sir your wit ambles well, it goes easily . View more context for this quotation 1891 N.E.D. at Easily Mod. The window-frame fits quite easily. †3. Without hurry; deliberately, gradually. Also, calmly, quietly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb] > unhurriedly softeOE easily1384 leisurely1486 leisurablya1540 deliberately1595 unhurriedly1880 the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [adverb] > unhurriedly easily1384 softlyc1450 leisurely1486 leisurablya1540 toomlyc1540 handsomely1550 deliberately1595 pausablya1633 advisedly1655 unhurriedly1880 1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1675 That through the worlde her fame goo Esely and not to faste. c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 473 Let hit renne thorugh esiliche. 1483 Vulgaria abs Terencio (T. Rood & T. Hunte) sig. nvii Bere esily thy harme & it shall greue the the lesse. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2208 When Priam hade his prologe preched to ende, Ector hym answarede esely and faire. 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) ii. sig. E2 I am acquainted with the way..Let's easily walke. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. i. 9 She reach'd her Hand easily towards my Breast. 4. a. With little exertion, labour, or difficulty. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] lighteOE eathOE eathlyc1000 wellc1325 easilyc1384 easy1400 mackly1440 of light?c1450 facilely1490 facile1524 handsomely1538 eaths1594 simply1681 unproblematically1771 slick1825 c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 1929 So great a noyse..Men myght hyt have herd esily to Rome. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. xiv. 160 The poyntes [of these contrefetes] wil breken lightly, and men may esily pollische hem. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 46 Withoute tho clerkis..lay persoones schulen not esili liȝtli and anoon haue the dew vndirstonding of Holi Scripture. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 127 By thys mean..the controversys..schold easelyar be pacyfyd. 1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs Ep. Ded. sig. A.iii Whyche thing we may easly se in the historyes of the olde auncyent Jewes. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xiv. 65 Nothing is more easily broken than a mans word. 1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 178 Who might easiliest get out of the City. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 29 It is a..better rule not to put off till tomorrow what we can do more easily to-day. b. In phrases like easily possible, it may easily happen. Also easily first (= beyond question) after Latin facile princeps. ΚΠ 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes iv. f. 145 They are more straung, nor easilie like to happen. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing i. i. 71 Ist possible? Beat. Very easily possible . View more context for this quotation 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 96 We name..things according to what they oftenest or easiliest do seem to us to be. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xlix. 6 He as easily last among the poets As thou surely the first among the pleaders. 1883 W. Blaikie in Harper's Mag. Nov. 907/1 Harvard has..easily the finest gymnasium in the world. 5. With little resistance or reluctance. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] to goodeOE thankc888 yernec888 lieflyc900 lovelyeOE lustly971 willinglyOE wilfullyc1000 with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE fainc1175 lustilya1225 lief1297 yfaȝea1300 blethelyc1300 goodlya1375 blelyc1380 willingc1384 bainc1400 acceptably1479 bainlya1500 cheerfully1523 towardly1523 desirously1531 pronely?1532 fainly1535 wilningly1597 bongre1598 libentiously1606 volently1614 propensely1648 easily1649 with (a) good grace1650 unreluctantly1655 with the best will (in the world)1814 unhesitatingly1829 unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 happily1889 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης ix. 83 The House of Peers..gave..easily [their consent]. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 56 If it come from the Brain it [a Catarrh] afflicteth easily, long and continually. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 153. ⁋4 Youth catches Distempers more easily [than Age]. 1715 J. T. Desaguliers tr. N. Gauger Fires Improv'd 38 They easily bear with the smothering Heat of Stoves. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 26 I..had too easily, and I may say, too foolishly, put that to the Vote. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Last Tournament in Gareth & Lynette 115 [He] had thought He loved her..wedded easily, But left her all as easily. †6. Preceded by but: In a listless or indifferent manner; hence, in a trifling degree; with poor success; indifferently, meanly, poorly. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1475 Bk. Noblesse 29 Some peple endowed with worldly goodes,..can not depart but easily withe finaunce. 1476 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 494 The Frenshe Kynge cherysshyth hyre [sc. Queen Margaret] butt easelye. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria i. f. 16 Some nonnys kepe theyr virginite but easely. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria iii. f. 34 For lacke of tethe I cham my meate but easelye. 1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition sig. 16 Can they here goddis lawes, ye though they be but easily preached, and not abhorre sedition..? 7. (Made) in such a manner as to be easy. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] > in such a manner as to be easy easily1577 1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 245^v The steyers..are so easily made, that one may go them vp and down a horsebacke. 8. colloquial. At least (a specified number or time); more than. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > in or to a greater quantity, amount, or degree > more than or at least easily1947 1947 Library Jrnl. Aug. 1097/2 Easily, a million cards were handled in the process and the difference between that and 100,000 destroyed. 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