Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - easily

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. You use easily to emphasize that something is very likely to happen, or is very likely to be true. It could easily be another year before the economy starts to show some improvement. ADV: usu ADV before v, also ADV n/adj c darkgreen]emphasis 2. You use easily to say that something happens more quickly or more often than is usual or normal. He had always cried very easily... ADV: ADV after v 3. see also easy