Meaning

2 senses
  1. Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.

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

    bereitwillig

    охо́тноoxótno

  2. Without impediment, easily.

    readily available; readily achievable

    ohne Schwierigkeiten, problemlos

    without much difficulty

Examples

45 sentences
  1. He readily agreed to my proposal.

    ruОн охотно согласился на моё предложение. — Lenin_1917

  2. She readily agreed to my proposal.

  3. She readily listened to my request.

  4. Tom readily agreed to do what we asked.

    deTom erklärte sich umgehend bereit zu tun, worum wir baten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom readily promised to do what we asked him to do.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
showing readiness:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
showing readiness:
easily:

Origin

From Middle English redily, rediliche. By surface analysis, read(i) + -ly.

From Middle English redily, rediliche. By surface analysis, read(i) + -ly.

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Forms

readilier/more readily, readiliest/most readily
Comparativereadilier / more readily Lesson
Superlativereadiliest / most readily

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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