readily

Study(12)

/ˈɹɛdɪli/

adv 2

Collocations

ADJ.

accepted, accessible, achievable, all, available, available, chemical, eloquent

Good information about the company's products is readily available on their website.

VERB + READILY

forgave, guns, lied, smoke

She readily forgave her brother for breaking her favorite vase.

READILY + NOUN

americans, flattery

Many Americans readily accept flattery even when they know it isn't entirely sincere.

PREP.

in, out, up

The information came readily out during the police interview.

Definitions

adv

Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.

The suspect readily answered all questions the police officers asked him.

Without impediment, easily.

readily available; readily achievable

Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — in a punctual manner

promptly
pronto

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The suspect readily answered all questions the police officers asked him.

Wiktionary

readily available; readily achievable

Wiktionary

Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death.

Wiktionary

People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

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Although Hiroko dislikes cigarette smoke, she readily goes out drinking with friends.

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I readily grasped at his proposal.

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