easily

«easily» in Mova's school dictionary: without difficulty: «She solved it easily» — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (easily, more easily, most easily)

meaning for a pupil

1) Easily means without difficulty: «She solved it easily». tree →

2) Easily means very quickly or very likely: «Glass breaks easily». tree →

3) Easily can mean clearly, without doubt: «It is easily the best cake». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, «breaks easily», «melts easily», «dissolves easily» describe materials. In safety, «catches fire easily» (flammable) and «tips over easily» are warnings. In maths, «you can easily check by adding» suggests a simple method. Phrases: «easily the best», «could easily», «gets upset easily».

examples

• I can easily reach the top shelf. tree →
• Paper tears easily. tree →
• Dry leaves catch fire easily. tree →
• She won the race easily. tree →
• Puppies get tired easily. tree →
• This is easily the biggest pumpkin I've seen. tree →
• You can easily check the answer by adding. tree →
• He gets upset easily, so be kind. tree →
• I know how easily accidents happen. tree →

note

From «easy» + «-ly»: the y changes to i. Comparison: more easily, most easily. Opposite: with difficulty. Do not write «easyly».

In the corpora

• But a bot repeats popular beliefs as easily as facts.
• Acrylic becomes plastic when dry and does not wash out easily, so artists wear old clothes or aprons.
• Tapping on glass, shouting and flash photos frighten animals, which cannot leave as easily as visitors can.
• Porcupines cannot shoot their quills; the barbed quills come out easily when touched and stick into the attacker.
• Feeding huge crowds of pigeons with bread makes too many pigeons, and birds packed in crowds spread mess and illness more easily.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «easily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.