单词 | easily |
释义 | easily (once / 59 pages) adv Things that happen easily don't require a lot of effort. When your old car starts easily on a very cold morning, you'll breathe a sigh of relief. While you can only climb a mountain with difficulty, you can probably climb the stairs in your house easily. You can also use this adverb to mean something closer to "quickly," as when you describe your puppy as easily distracted with treats or yourself as easily bored by long books. The Old French root of easily is aisie, "comfortable" or "at ease." WORD FAMILYeasy: easied, easier, easiest, easily, easiness, easyly, uneasy+/easiness: easinesses/uneasiness: uneasinesses/uneasy: uneasily, uneasiness USAGE EXAMPLES"The key is looking for systems that are scalable, lightweight and easily deployable," he said. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Most of us will find encounters with death all too easily. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Others nominees, such as retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis for defense secretary, should easily win confirmation. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adv with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily') she was easily excited was easily confused he won easily this china breaks very easily Syn easy 2adv without question easily the best book she's written 3adv indicating high probability; in all likelihood a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster Syn well |
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