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# readily

«readily» in Mova's school dictionary: **quickly and willingly, without fuss** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (readily)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Readily means quickly and willingly, without fuss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#m1)

2) Readily means easily, without difficulty: readily available. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science texts: "Salt dissolves readily in water". In everyday life: "The shop readily gave a refund". In formal texts and exams it is a stiffer word for "easily" or "gladly". Phrases: readily available, readily agreed, readily accept.

### examples

- Sugar dissolves readily in warm water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x1)
- She readily agreed to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x2)
- Fresh water is not readily available in the desert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x3)
- Dry paper burns readily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x4)
- The teacher readily answered our questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x5)
- These parts are readily found in any hardware shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x6)
- Iron rusts readily in damp air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x7)
- He readily admitted he had broken the vase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x8)
- The Editor thinks that children will readily forgive him for publishing another Fairy Book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/#x9)

### note

Comes from "ready" (y changes to i + ly). Formal-ish. Pronounced RED-i-lee. Similar: easily, willingly, quickly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «readily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/readily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.