readily

Comparative

readilier

Superlative

readiliest

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

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

2. 2.Without impediment, easily.

   • 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.
   • 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.

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Word family

• read