readily

adverb

1. 1

   Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.

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

2. 2

   Without impediment, easily.

   readily available; readily achievable

   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.

   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.

Forms

comparative

readilier, more readily

superlative

readiliest, most readily