What does readily mean?
Definitions for readily
ˈrɛd l iread·i·ly
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word readily.
Princeton's WordNet
readilyadverb
without much difficulty
"these snakes can be identified readily"
promptly, readily, prontoadverb
in a punctual manner
"he did his homework promptly"
Wiktionary
readilyadverb
Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
The suspect readily answered all questions the police officers asked him.
readilyadverb
Without impediment, easily.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Readilyadverb
Expeditely; with little hinderance or delay.
Etymology: from ready.
My tongue obey’d, and readily could name
Whate’er I saw. John Milton.Those very things, which are declined as impossible, are readily practicable in a case of extreme necessity. South.
I readily grant, that one truth cannot contradict another. John Locke.
Every one sometime or other dreams that he is reading papers, in which case the invention prompts so readily, that the mind is imposed upon. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 487.
ChatGPT
readily
Readily is an adverb that generally means without difficulty or delay; easily or immediately. It can also imply willingness or eagerness to do something.
Webster Dictionary
Readilyadverb
in a ready manner; quickly; promptly
Readilyadverb
without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'readily' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3418
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'readily' in Adverbs Frequency: #253
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1505","1"],["1507","2"],["1515","3"],["1524","5"],["1563","8"],["1564","5"],["1568","1"],["1572","3"],["1575","4"],["1579","11"],["1581","5"],["1582","3"],["1584","3"],["1587","2"],["1588","1"],["1590","10"],["1597","1"],["1600","6"],["1607","12"],["1618","1"],["1619","10"],["1620","8"],["1621","4"],["1623","2"],["1624","3"],["1625","1"],["1629","3"],["1630","3"],["1632","3"],["1635","10"],["1637","4"],["1638","11"],["1642","1"],["1643","2"],["1644","3"],["1645","44"],["1647","7"],["1648","13"],["1649","6"],["1651","8"],["1652","11"],["1653","7"],["1654","1"],["1655","7"],["1656","13"],["1657","4"],["1658","42"],["1659","8"],["1660","2"],["1661","4"],["1662","3"],["1664","18"],["1665","9"],["1666","5"],["1667","42"],["1668","25"],["1669","8"],["1670","28"],["1671","2"],["1672","7"],["1673","24"],["1674","5"],["1675","77"],["1676","40"],["1677","11"],["1678","39"],["1679","29"],["1680","18"],["1681","66"],["1682","56"],["1683","103"],["1684","28"],["1685","59"],["1686","35"],["1687","11"],["1688","119"],["1689","29"],["1690","41"],["1691","10"],["1692","31"],["1693","38"],["1694","30"],["1695","53"],["1696","31"],["1697","33"],["1698","138"],["1699","81"],["1700","90"],["1701","123"],["1702","212"],["1703","107"],["1704","168"],["1705","155"],["1706","239"],["1707","236"],["1708","167"],["1709","134"],["1710","203"],["1711","266"],["1712","94"],["1713","134"],["1714","291"],["1715","196"],["1716","150"],["1717","197"],["1718","258"],["1719","197"],["1720","286"],["1721","271"],["1722","362"],["1723","247"],["1724","472"],["1725","530"],["1726","384"],["1727","484"],["1728","378"],["1729","609"],["1730","401"],["1731","537"],["1732","434"],["1733","320"],["1734","750"],["1735","300"],["1736","332"],["1737","494"],["1738","718"],["1739","542"],["1740","475"],["1741","407"],["1742","640"],["1743","597"],["1744","678"],["1745","418"],["1746","399"],["1747","955"],["1748","1163"],["1749","446"],["1750","1026"],["1751","1291"],["1752","621"],["1753","940"],["1754","885"],["1755","980"],["1756","527"],["1757","1128"],["1758","1014"],["1759","1066"],["1760","751"],["1761","939"],["1762","658"],["1763","1025"],["1764","1351"],["1765","817"],["1766","1258"],["1767","1079"],["1768","1368"],["1769","654"],["1770","1043"],["1771","999"],["1772","1065"],["1773","1265"],["1774","1301"],["1775","1262"],["1776","1342"],["1777","1077"],["1778","1208"],["1779","1078"],["1780","1096"],["1781","1339"],["1782","955"],["1783","1153"],["1784","2127"],["1785","1817"],["1786","1905"],["1787","2327"],["1788","2491"],["1789","1887"],["1790","2735"],["1791","2293"],["1792","2095"],["1793","2439"],["1794","2292"],["1795","1865"],["1796","3559"],["1797","1627"],["1798","1859"],["1799","2454"],["1800","3328"],["1801","5923"],["1802","4636"],["1803","5491"],["1804","6298"],["1805","6158"],["1806","5530"],["1807","8618"],["1808","6076"],["1809","6304"],["1810","7409"],["1811","7375"],["1812","8091"],["1813","7253"],["1814","7710"],["1815","7104"],["1816","7866"],["1817","8465"],["1818","10207"],["1819","8432"],["1820","10479"],["1821","9154"],["1822","13038"],["1823","13186"],["1824","14223"],["1825","16807"],["1826","10101"],["1827","13043"],["1828","12336"],["1829","14491"],["1830","14797"],["1831","16960"],["1832","15783"],["1833","15601"],["1834","15563"],["1835","17253"],["1836","18223"],["1837","18151"],["1838","18047"],["1839","19796"],["1840","20225"],["1841","17615"],["1842","17728"],["1843","19705"],["1844","19626"],["1845","23089"],["1846","23362"],["1847","22012"],["1848","22051"],["1849","22892"],["1850","25185"],["1851","27205"],["1852","29410"],["1853","33863"],["1854","35509"],["1855","33722"],["1856","34763"],["1857","31585"],["1858","27802"],["1859","32316"],["1860","33462"],["1861","23591"],["1862","20054"],["1863","22373"],["1864","27163"],["1865","26614"],["1866","27564"],["1867","29284"],["1868","30101"],["1869","29383"],["1870","27643"],["1871","28453"],["1872","30336"],["1873","33824"],["1874","34194"],["1875","32883"],["1876","35417"],["1877","32817"],["1878","32299"],["1879","36534"],["1880","44081"],["1881","44127"],["1882","46502"],["1883","55246"],["1884","46804"],["1885","47624"],["1886","38718"],["1887","39774"],["1888","41174"],["1889","41467"],["1890","41040"],["1891","44011"],["1892","50215"],["1893","48885"],["1894","48836"],["1895","55532"],["1896","55830"],["1897","56472"],["1898","63230"],["1899","56550"],["1900","67488"],["1901","68118"],["1902","70340"],["1903","70951"],["1904","72946"],["1905","75788"],["1906","76895"],["1907","83425"],["1908","80558"],["1909","75872"],["1910","79109"],["1911","84155"],["1912","90379"],["1913","89474"],["1914","85196"],["1915","74840"],["1916","73936"],["1917","75313"],["1918","66691"],["1919","63417"],["1920","85367"],["1921","74585"],["1922","77699"],["1923","67503"],["1924","58868"],["1925","58044"],["1926","57380"],["1927","62135"],["1928","59574"],["1929","58761"],["1930","63162"],["1931","58185"],["1932","52726"],["1933","43477"],["1934","47076"],["1935","53431"],["1936","57178"],["1937","60465"],["1938","64606"],["1939","66621"],["1940","62375"],["1941","55349"],["1942","55584"],["1943","48827"],["1944","41847"],["1945","46456"],["1946","58815"],["1947","71368"],["1948","75970"],["1949","91575"],["1950","85899"],["1951","83042"],["1952","79796"],["1953","81049"],["1954","85016"],["1955","88245"],["1956","87380"],["1957","92958"],["1958","93028"],["1959","99872"],["1960","113054"],["1961","122458"],["1962","128823"],["1963","137716"],["1964","133451"],["1965","150560"],["1966","157162"],["1967","159035"],["1968","175406"],["1969","168550"],["1970","172500"],["1971","180020"],["1972","181466"],["1973","176253"],["1974","171996"],["1975","172815"],["1976","177130"],["1977","173750"],["1978","170189"],["1979","180984"],["1980","185463"],["1981","176751"],["1982","186203"],["1983","188520"],["1984","196328"],["1985","194173"],["1986","201263"],["1987","198307"],["1988","202755"],["1989","211778"],["1990","223112"],["1991","212335"],["1992","239116"],["1993","225045"],["1994","235276"],["1995","241485"],["1996","246779"],["1997","253527"],["1998","261150"],["1999","269020"],["2000","293847"],["2001","291903"],["2002","311853"],["2003","339197"],["2004","364603"],["2005","344449"],["2006","378760"],["2007","415325"],["2008","564945"]]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of readily in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of readily in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of readily in a Sentence
The lax regulations that are in place at the local, state and federal level make it so that e-cigarettes are cheap, readily available and come in flavors that are appealing to youth, it’s really no surprise that we’re going to see a big uptick with this product.
To have his kind of bat readily available to pinch hit, it's kind of nice.
Strontium enters our bodies primarily through the food we eat, it readily replaces calcium, as its a similar atomic radius. This is the same way lead enters our skeletal system; although, while lead is dangerous, strontium is not.
If cases rise from the Omicron variant or any other variant, we have the tools -- vaccines, boosters, tests and therapeutics to be prepared -- but continued investment in these tools so that they are readily available when we need them remains critical, from a public health standpoint, it is critical that we continue to provide people with the tools to keep them, their families, and their communities safe.
Abilene Police Chief Stan Stanridge:
We readily concede that the issue is very concerning, but we do not believe it is criminal.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for readily
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for readily »
Translation
Find a translation for the readily definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"readily." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 11 Feb. 2025. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/readily>.
Discuss these readily definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In