(adv) with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily'), Syn. easy, Example:she was easily excited; was easily confused; he won easily; this china breaks very easily; success came too easy
adv. [ From Easy. ] 1. With ease; without difficulty or much effort; as, this task may be easily performed; that event might have been easily foreseen. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Without pain, anxiety, or disturbance; as, to pass life well and easily. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Readily; without reluctance; willingly. [ 1913 Webster ]
Not soon provoked, she easily forgives. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Smoothly; quietly; gently; gracefully; without &unr_;umult or discord. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ね, ne] (n) (1) stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence; (2) (See 基・き・1) radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); (3) { math } root; (4) { Buddh } indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)#3528