Readily Meaning
/ˈɹɛdɪli/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advWithout unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
advWithout impediment, easily.
Sentence Examples
Although Hiroko dislikes cigarette smoke, she readily goes out drinking with friends.
I readily grasped at his proposal.
All ingredients are readily available from your local store.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The information was ____ available on the company's official website for download.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The information was ____ available online, so there was no need to visit the library in person.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English redily, rediliche. By surface analysis, read(i) + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1885, Alexander Wynter Blyth, Poisons, Their Effects and Detection: A Manual for the Use of Analytical Chemists and Experts, volume I, New York: William Wood and Co., page 430:
"Light does not pass through water nearly as readily as it passes through air, and in order to function efficiently, an animal that lives in the water must rely on other senses in addition to light."
— 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 28:
"Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field."
— 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The information was ____ available on the company's official website for download.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The information was ____ available online, so there was no need to visit the library in person.