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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

readily

/ˈɹɛdəli/

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What does readily mean?

adverb

  1. Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
  2. Without impediment, easily.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹɛdəli/

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It will readily be conjectured that I allude to the fraudulent laws which have been passed in too many of the States.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
They readily agreed that the point of greatest danger was that opposite to the outwork of which the assailants had possessed themselves.
Walter ScottIvanhoe: A RomanceProject Gutenberg ebook #82
More book examples (3)
Female field-labour was seldom offered now, and its cheapness made it profitable for tasks which women could perform as readily as men.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
“I should like you to stay very much,” said Dorothea, at once, as simply and readily as she had spoken at Rome.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
In summer, on cloudy and stormy days, mercurial vapors rise more readily and quickly than in the temperature of autumn or winter.
S. D. (Samuel Dwight) HumphreyAmerican Hand Book of the DaguerreotypeProject Gutenberg ebook #167