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Readily

Definitions: Readily

Readily

Adverb

1. Without much difficulty; "these snakes can be identified readily".

2. In a punctual manner; "he did his homework promptly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "readily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Synonyms: Readily

Synonyms: promptly (adv), pronto (adv), without delay (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Readily

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Facility

Adverb: easily; Adjective: readily, smoothly, swimmingly, on easy terms, single-handed.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Readily

Specialty definitions using "readily": Adiabatic Plasma, ajustable thermostatic switch, Asparagus, Auroral kilometric radiationBarium release, bedding plane, Blue Screen of Death, bluntin, Bromoviridae, Bronchial HyperreactivityCarrier State, Chemnet, Chip Scale Packaging, clay loam, coherent material, cohesive material, COLOCASIA ANTIQUORUM, common labor, Contact Lenses, Hydrophilic, cosmic rays, CRIM, curve of righting arms, curve of statical stability, cyanidingdangling bonds, day airglow, dayglow, daytime airglow, Denture, Partial, Removable, deoxidizing, diamond cleaving, Dihydroxyacetone, dip compass, direct attack, dirty waste stream, dye markeregg oil, egg packer's oil, electrical slate, Endotoxins, Enterochromaffin Cells, equipment unitFILE CLERK II, Fingers' Ends, flake sulfur, float copper, floor drains, free-burning coal, free-milling gold, free-milling ore, friable humusGender and Ethnicity, Giants' War with Jove, Golden Shower, Goldich's stability series, Green Tree, GZ curvehasty crossing, Hornsey process, hydrophobeimprovised early resupply, Institute WarrantiesJeffrey diaphragm jigkerosine flotation, Ki-67 Antigen, Knuckle-dusterLarmor radius, LinusMandatory price reporting, masked front, modularity, Movable Bednot easily marketableocean manifest, Old Dogs will not Learn New Tricks, overhand serve, Owl in an Ivy Bushpacksand, Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis, Persistent pesticides, pipe sampling, Plasma Parameter, portable drillqualitative characterreactive metal, readily available moisture, readily extractable metal, reducing atmosphere, reference box, REGENERATOR OPERATOR, reliability of method, Riecke's principle, righting lever curve, rusty goldshrinkage stoping, siderophile, slime tin, Smalley process, Soft Currency, soft iron. (references)

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Modern Usage: Readily

DomainUsage

Screenplays

These days, ladies abandon their honor far more readily than their clothes. (Frenzy; writing credit: Arthur La Bern; Anthony Shaffer)

I forgive you, right readily. Be not afraid of your office: you send me to God. (A Man for All Seasons; writing credit: Robert Bolt)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Readily

DomainTitle

Books

  • American Spoken English in Real Life: Learning to Understand Americans Talking Naturally and to Talk So They Readily Understand You (Basic Course) (reference)

  • Continuing education bibliography, 1970-1990 : information on continuing education publications not readily found in nationally accessible databases (reference)

  • Electric Motors in the Home Workshop: A Practical Guide to Methods of Utilizing Readily Available Electric Motors in Typical Small Workshop applicati (reference)

  • Puppet Parade: Easy to Make Imaginative Puppets from Readily Found Materials (Ip (Nashville, Tenn.), 195-1.) (reference)

  • South Australian regional history and geography : a bibliography of published material suitable for students and readily available in the State Library of South Australia (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Readily

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Magnetic anomaly map produced on SURVEYOR Magnetic striping is readily apparent in this map of offshore California Earlier magnetic work led directly to Theory of Seafloor Spreading This map helped unravel the tectonic history of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Data acquired by towed proton precession magnetometer.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Readily

AuthorQuotation

Demosthenes

What we wish, that we readily believe.

Francis Bacon

Truth arises more readily from error than from confusion.

Meister Eckhart

In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.

Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Samuel Johnson

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

Sir Henry Taylor

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Readily

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Or I might readily have found a more serious task.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Sleep comes at first much more readily than it comes again.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

It could readily ascend the sides of the room by short impulses, like a squirrel, which it resembled in its motions.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Readily

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Treatment needs to be readily available. (references)

Nicotine also is absorbed readily when tobacco is chewed. (references)

Self-education materials for adults should be readily available. (references)

Business

Commercial credit is readily available from local banks. (references)

Short-term and medium-term financing are readily available. (references)

No data on Japan's architectural design market is readily available. (references)

Civil Liberties

Samoa

Television from American Samoa is readily available. (references)

Bahamas

Foreign newspapers and magazines are readily available. (references)

Indonesia

Foreign television and radio broadcasts are readily accessible. (references)

Economic History

Tunisia

TUNISIAN LABOR IS READILY AVAILABLE. (references)

Argentina

They also can be readily bought and sold. (references)

Syria

Pirated computer software is readily available. (references)

Human Rights

Bolivia

Drugs and alcohol are readily available for those inmates who can pay. (references)

Costa Rica

Illegal narcotics are readily available in the prisons, and drug use is common. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

In practice many defendants cannot afford private counsel, and court-appointed attorneys are not available readily. (references)

Minorities

Central African Republic

Major political parties tend to have readily identifiable ethnic or ethnic-regional bases. (references)

Liberia

Little reliable information is readily available about traditions associated with ritual killings. (references)

Chad

Political parties and groups generally continued to have readily identifiable regional or ethnic bases. (references)

Political Economy

PERU

These and other benefits are readily sacrificed by workers in exchange for regular employment, especially in the informal sector. (references)

TUNISIA

In the local market, pirated software, music, and videos remain readily available, but these items are not exported in any notable volume. (references)

EGYPT

This latest move finally appeared to have a positive impact, and banking observers say that foreign exchange is readily available for the first time in nearly two years. (references)

Political Rights

Saudi Arabia

Ministers and district governors more readily grant audiences at a majlis. (references)

Trade

Venezuela

Financing is currently expensive, but readily available. (references)

Malaysia

Finance is readily available on the domestic market to Malaysian importers. (references)

Travel

Cape Verde

Bottled water is readily available. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Gasoline stations are readily available. (references)

Azerbaijan

Imported electronics are readily obtainable. (references)

Women

Pakistan

Human rights monitors and women's groups believe that a narrow interpretation of Shari'a has had a harmful effect on the rights of women and minorities, as it reinforces popular attitudes and perceptions and contributes to an atmosphere in which discriminatory treatment of women and non-Muslims is accepted more readily. (references)

Worker Rights

Bahrain

Both the Government and labor representatives readily admit that nonindustrial workers and foreign workers clearly are underrepresented in the system. (references)

China

The ban on the public display of photographs of the Dalai Lama continued, and such pictures were not readily available except illegally in many parts of the TAR. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Readily

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

George Washington

1789-1797Antipathy in one nation against another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.

John Adams

1797-1801A variety of considerations, which will readily suggest themselves, urge an attention to this measure of precaution.

James Madison

1809-1817Such of them as were invited to Detroit acceded readily to a renewal of the former treaties of friendship.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837In the present condition of our Treasury it is neither necessary nor wise to leave essential public interests exposed to so much danger when they can so readily be made secure.

Franklin Pierce

1853-1857The Army as organized must be the nucleus around which in every time of need the strength of your military power, the sure bulwark of your defense--a national militia--may be readily formed into a well-disciplined and efficient organization.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Readily

"Readily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Readily" is used about 2,802 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%2,8023,301

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Readily

Expression using "readily": readily available moisture. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "readily": readily-accessible, readily-available, readily-bred, readily-changed, readily-guaranteed, readily-identifiable, readily-leached, readily-observable, readily-recognizable, readily-recognized, readily-understood.

Ending with "readily": most-readily, too-readily.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Readily

Language Translations for "readily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

pa vështirësi (easily), me gatishmëri (promptly, willingly), me dëshirë (fain, nothing loath), lehtë (airily, easily, easy, facile, faintly, light, lightly, slightly). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حالا (anon, as soon as, at once, directly, forthright, forthwith, immediately, instantly, now, on the spot, outright, presently, promptly, right away, right now, shortly, straight, straight away, without delay), ‏عن طيب نفس, ‏بيسر, ‏بسهولة (easily, facilely, in a velvet glove), ‏بسرور (gaily), ‏بسرعة (apace, as soon as possible, fast, hastily, precipitately, presto, quick, quickly, rushed, sharply, slap, speedily, swift), ‏بدون تردد (forthright, like a shot, straight). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

с готовност (gladly, willingly), веднага (anon, at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, incontinently, instantly, now, presently, promptly, pronto, right, right away, straight off), охотно (fain, heartily, kindly, willingly), лесно (cheap, cheaply, easily, easy, facilely, simply). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

欣然, 一口 (flatly). (various references)

   

Czech

  

snadno (easily), pohotovì (with despatch, with dispatch), ochotnì (helpfully, obligingly, willingly). (various references)

   

Danish

  

let tilgaengeligt vand (readily available moisture), dannelsen af Chi-faserne begunstiges af tilstedevaerelsen af elektronacceptorer (the formation of the chi phases is promoted by elements, which readily absorb valency electrons), de store stykker raamalm angribes kun lidt af de reducerende gasser (large lumps of run-of-mine ore are not readily penetrated by the reducing gases), de tomme jern-gitterpladser bliver hurtigt resorberet da FeO let deformeres plastisk (plastic deformation of the protoxide being an easy matter, the vacancies in the iron are readily resorbed), derimod kan ferritten i sig selv vaere skoer og villigt give tvillinger ved statisk paavirkning (on the other hand the ferrite may be intrinsically brittle and readily give twins by static deformation), farlige i henhold til dette direktiv er følgende stoffer og præparater::meget brandfarlige:stoffer og præparater,der-ved normal temperatur og uden energitilførsel kan udvikle varme og derefter antændes ved luftens påvirkning-i fast form let kan an (evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities, in contact with water or damp air, or-liquid substances and preparations having a very low flash-point, or-solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or-substances and preparations which, the following are dangerous within the meaning of this Directive::highly flammable substances and preparations:-substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of), i det sidste tilfaelde sfaeroidiserer den af koldeformationen knuste tertiaercementit let ved en gloedning i en klokkeovn (in this last Case the tertiary cementite which has been broken up by cold rolling is readily coalesced by annealing in a bell föurnace), cementit,et skoert karbid,braekker let,idet det ofte har langstrakt form (cementite is a brittle carbide and cracks readily, especially as it is often of elongated shape), let nedbrydeligt stof (readily biodegradable substance), vaeksthuse uden skillevaegge goer det muligt at lave en god bedopdeling (greenhouse units without partition walls can be readily divided up into beds), man kan let forestille sig,at kontakten mellem metalstraalen og den kolde kokillevaeg i kombination med den kraftige omroering ved udstoebningen,kunne give anledning til dannelse af et stort antal krystaller,af hvilke et stort antal kunne give en lagforme (combined with the vigorous currents produced during teeming, in fact, of which some would form a thin skin zone adhering to the walls but of which others would remain in suspension in the liquid, one can, readily imagine that the contact between the stream of liquid metal and the cold mould, would give rise to a large number of crystallites), paa grund af de fra det flydende staal undvigende gasbobler sker der en omroering i smeltebadet,som man let kan se i stoebegruben (on escaping from the liquid steel the gas bubbles cause stirring, which is readily visible from the teeming floor), stoffet danner let eksplosive peroxider (the substance can readily form explosive peroxides), svaert at styre (slow to answer the helm, vessel does not answer the helm readily), uden videre realiseres aktie (readily realizable investment), umiddelbart tilgængelig for brugeren (readily accessible to the user), ikke umiddelbart omsættelig investering (not readily marketable investment). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

roerhard (slow to answer the helm, vessel does not answer the helm readily), het ontstaan van chi-fase wordt bevorderd door de aanwezigheid van elementen die makkelijk valentie-elektronen absorberen (the formation of the chi phases is promoted by elements, which readily absorb valency electrons), cementiet is een bros carbide dat gemakkelijk scheurt,voornamelijk omdat het vaak in langwerpige vorm voorkomt (cementite is a brittle carbide and cracks readily, especially as it is often of elongated shape), dadelijk realiseerbaar aandeel (readily realizable investment), de stof kan makkelijk explosieve peroxides vormen (the substance can readily form explosive peroxides), de vacatures in het ijzer worden gemakkelijk geresorbeerd, daar het ferro-oxide snel plastisch vervormt (plastic deformation of the protoxide being an easy matter, the vacancies in the iron are readily resorbed), gemakkelijk afbreekbare stof (readily biodegradable substance), gemakkelijk bereikbaar trappenhuis (readily accessible stairway), gemakkelijk onttrekbaar bodemwater (readily available moisture), gemakkelijk toegankelijk voor de gebruiker (readily accessible to the user), het ferriet zelf daarentegen kan bros zijn en bij statische vervorming al tweelingen vormen (on the other hand the ferrite may be intrinsically brittle and readily give twins by static deformation), zwaar bestuurbaar (slow to answer the helm, vessel does not answer the helm readily), in dit laatste geval groeit het door het koudvervormen gebroken tertiair cementiet gemakkelijk door gloeien in een klokoven (in this last Case the tertiary cementite which has been broken up by cold rolling is readily coalesced by annealing in a bell föurnace), men kan zich werkelijk voorstellen dat tengevolge van het contact tussen de stroom van vloeibaar metaal en de koude gietvorm,te zamen met de heftige stromingen die tijdens het gieten optreden,een groot aantal kristallieten ontstaan waarvan een deel een du (combined with the vigorous currents produced during teeming, in fact, of which some would form a thin skin zone adhering to the walls but of which others would remain in suspension in the liquid, one can, readily imagine that the contact between the stream of liquid metal and the cold mould, would give rise to a large number of crystallites), moeilijk bestuurbaar (slow to answer the helm, vessel does not answer the helm readily), moeilijk te besturen (slow to answer the helm, vessel does not answer the helm readily), niet onmiddellijk verhandelbare belegging (not readily marketable investment), tijdens het ontwijken uit de smelt veroorzaken de gasbellen een beweging in de smelt die vanaf de gietplaats makkelijk kan worden waargenomen (on escaping from the liquid steel the gas bubbles cause stirring, which is readily visible from the teeming floor), warenhuizen zonder tussenwanden maken een goede bedindeling mogelijk (greenhouse units without partition walls can be readily divided up into beds), gevaarlijk in de zin van deze richtlijn zijn de volgende stoffen en preparaten::licht ontvlambare:-stoffen en preparaten die bij normale temperatuur aan de lucht blootgesteld,zonder toevoer van energie,in temperatuur kunnen stijgen en tenslotte kunnen o (evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities, in contact with water or damp air, or-liquid substances and preparations having a very low flash-point, or-solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or-substances and preparations which, the following are dangerous within the meaning of this Directive::highly flammable substances and preparations:-substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kernaasti (willingly, with pleasure), hevillä (easily), helposti (easily, without difficulty), halukkaasti (covetously, gladly, willingly), alttiisti (devotedly, willingly). (various references)

   

French

  

rapidement, volontiers, tout de suite, sans hésitation, facilement, de bon c"ur, aisément. (various references)

   

German

  

fertig (all in, completed, done, done in, finished, mature, over, qualified, ready, ready made, set, shattered, through, thru), bereit (disposed, finished, game, inclinable, patly, prepared, preparedly, promptly, raring, ready, set, through, willing, willingly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

πρόθυμα (faineant, willingly), προθυμώσ (fain, liege, promptly, willingly), ετοίμωσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ללא קושי, ללא "סוס. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szívesen (accommodatingly, fain, gladly, I don't mind, nothing loath, to be gracious towards sy, wholeheartedly, willingly, with pleasure), készségesen (accommodatingly, fain, willingly), könnyen (biddable, easily, easy, effortlessly, evanescent, gullible, light, lightly, pliableness, pliancy, queasy, skittish, to prick, to trip, tractable, with ease), könnyedén (airily, at ease, easily, facilely, hand over hand, jauntily, light, lightly, offhandedly, off-handedly, trippingly, with ease). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

dengan mudah (easily). (various references)

   

Italian

  

prontamente (quickly, speedily). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

鳥渡 (a short time, a while, easily, just a little, just a minute, rather, somewhat), 直に (directly, headlong, immediately, in person), "々諾々 (quite willingly, with acquiescence), ""諾諾として (willingly), ""諾諾 (quite willingly, with acquiescence), あ 名 (easily, easy, in a big surprising way, light, nickname, openhearted, over there, quickly, simple), 中々 (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, very), 中中 (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, very), 一寸 (a short time, a while, easily, just a little, just a minute, one, one sun, rather, somewhat). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

なかなか (by no means, considerably, easily, fairly, highly, quite, rather, very), いい く くとして (willingly), いい く く (quite willingly, with acquiescence), あっさり (easily, quickly), じきに (directly, immediately), ちょっと (a short time, a while, easily, just a little, just a minute, rather, somewhat). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

준비되어 있. (various references)

   

Manx

  

dy jesh (deftly, nicely, prettily), dy arryltagh (voluntarily, willingly). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eadilyray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

prontamente (promptly, pronto, quickly, ready, soon, speedily, willingly). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

prontamente. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

uşor (downhill, easily, easy, facile, fluffy, gauzy, gentle, glib, gossamer, jamb, lax, light, light of foot, lightly, lightsome, rate, ready, running, simple, slight, small, soft, superficial, swimmingly, thin, with a wet finger), prompt (nimble, nimbly, Pat, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, ready, ready-witted, smartly, speedy, swift, unhesitating), fãrã greutate (hands down, like smoke), curent (course, current, daily, draught, flow, fluent, fluently, flux, generally, instant, legal, popular, prevailing, prevalent, race, routine, ruling, running, stream, swift, tide, trend, usual, usually), cu plãcere (I shall be delighted, kindly, with a good grace, with pleasure), bucuros (beatific, beatifical, cheerful, content, delighted, exhilarated, fain, gay, glad, gladly, gratified, lief, merry, mirthful, pleased, thankful, willingly, with a good grace). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

легко (airily, at an easy rate, cheaply, easily, facilely, in a hurry, light, lightly, with ease, without effort). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

spremno (set, willingly). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

de buena gana (graciously, like a shot, ungrudging, willingly). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

gärna (as well, fain, freely, gladly, in a hurry, often, usually, voluntary, willing, willingly, with pleasure). (various references)

   

Thai

  

อย่างไม่ลังเล. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

seve seve (heart and soul, lief, nothing loath, nothing loth, soon, willingly, with open arms, with relish), kolayca (easily, easy as winking, facilely, hands down, light, lightly, smoothly, swimmingly, well, with ease), isteyerek (intentionally, willingly), can atarak (agog, eagerly, willingly), çabucak (apace, at no time, by leaps and bounds, double quick, fast, hand over fist, in a snap, in no time, in short order, lickety-split, nimbly, posthaste, quick, quickly, slick, slippy, speedily, swiftly, with a rush). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відразу (at once, direct, directly, double quick, forthright, holus-bolus, on the spot, outright, right away, straight away, straightway, therewith), охоче (easily, gladly, heartily, soon, willingly), залюбки (gladly), легко (airily, aptly, currently, easily, easy, light, nimbly, volubly, with ease). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sẵn s ng vui lòng, sẵn lòng dễ d ng, không khó khăn gì. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Readily

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

citius, cito, facile, facilius, prompte, propense. (various references)

Avestan200-600

fraoret. (various references)

Old English450-1100

geare, georne, geornlice. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Readily

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 6, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintHqelon oun labein auton eiV to ploion kai euqewV to ploion egeneto epi thV ghV eiV hn uphgon
Latin405VulgateVoluerunt ergo accipere eum in navi et statim fuit navis ad terram quam ibant
Old English990West SaxonHyo wolden hine nemen on þæt scyp.& sone ðæt scyp wæs on þam lande. þæthyo wolden to faren.
Middle English1395WyclifTherfor thei wolden take hym in to the boot, and anoon the boot was at the loond, to which thei wenten.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleThen wolde they have receaved him into the shyp and the ship was by and by at the londe whyther they went.
Jacobean English1611King JamesThen they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
Victorian English1833WebsterThen they willingly received him into the boat: and immediately the boat was at the land whither they were going.
Basic English1964OgdenThen they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Readily

LanguageJohn Chapter 6, Verse 21
BulgarianА който влиза през вратата, овчар е на овцете.
CebuanoUg gikalipay nila ang pagdawat kaniya ngadto sa sakayan, ug dihadiha ang sakayan nahidunggo sa yuta nga ilang gipadulngan.
Chinese門 ' 就 喜 歡 接 他 上 船 、 船 立 時 到 了 他 們 所 要 去 的 地 方 。
CroatianHtjedoše ga uzeti u laðicu, kadli se laðica odmah naðe na obali kamo su se zaputili.
DanishDa vilde de tage ham op i Skibet; og straks kom Skibet til Landet, som de sejlede til.
DutchZij hebben dan Hem gewilliglijk in het schip genomen; en terstond kwam het schip aan het land, daar zij naar toe voeren.
FinnishNiin he tahtoivat ottaa hänet venheeseen, ja kohta venhe saapui sen maan rantaan, jonne he olivat matkalla.
FrenchIls voulaient donc le prendre dans la barque, et aussitôt la barque aborda au lieu où ils allaient.
GermanDa wollten sie ihn in das Schiff nehmen; und alsbald war das Schiff am Lande, da sie hin fuhren.
Haitian CreoleYo te vle pran l' nan kannòt la, men lamenm yo fè tè: yo te gen tan rive kote yo taprale a.
HungarianBe akarák azért õt venni a hajóba: és a hajó azonnal ama földnél vala, a melyre menének.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariLalu dengan senang hati mereka menerima Dia ke dalam perahu, dan saat itu juga perahu mereka itu sampai di tempat tujuan.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaSedang mereka itu tengah suka hendak menyambut Dia naik ke dalam perahu, langsunglah perahu itu sampai ke pantai, ke tempat yang ditujuinya.
ItalianAllora vollero prenderlo sulla barca e rapidamente la barca toccò la riva alla quale erano diretti.
Korean이 에 기 뻐 서 배 로 영 하 니 배 " 곧 희 의 가 던 땅 에 이 르 " 라
LatvianTad tie viòu gribçja uzòemt Viòu laivâ, bet laiva tûdaï sasniedza zemi, kurp tie brauca.
MaoriNa ka mea ratou kia eke ia ki te kaipuke: a kihai i aha kua u te kaipuke ki te wahi i hoe ai ratou.
Modern GreekΗθελον λοιπον να λαβωσιν αυτον εις το πλοιον, και παρευθυς το πλοιον εφθασεν εις την γην, εις την οποιαν υπηγαινον.
NorwegianNu vilde de ta ham op i båten, og straks kom båten til landet som de fór til.
PortugueseEntão eles de boa mente o receberam no barco; e logo o barco chegou terra para onde iam.   
RumanianVoiau deci sq -L ia kn corabie. Wi corabia a sosit kndatq la locul spre care mergeau.
RussianпОЙ ИПФЕМЙ ТЙОСФШ еЗП Ч МП"ЛХ; Й ФПФЮБУ МП"ЛБ ТЙУФБМБ Л 'ЕТЕЗХ, ЛХ"Б МЩМЙ.
ShuarNújainkia ti shiir warasar kanunam itiaawarmiayi. Tura nu chichamtaik ni wéamunam jeawarmiayi.
SpanishEntonces ellos quisieron recibirle en la barca, y de inmediato la barca llegó a la tierra a donde iban.
SwahiliWalifurahi kumchukua Yesu katika mashua; na mara mashua ikawasili nchi kavu walipokuwa wanakwenda.
SwedishDe ville då taga honom upp i båten; och strax var båten framme vid landet dit de foro.
Thai"ังนั้นเขาจึงรับพระองค์ขึ้นเรือ"้วยความเต็มใจ แล้วทันใ"นั้นเรือก็ถึงฝั่งที่เขาจะไปนั้น
UkrainianІ хотіли вони взяти до човна Його; та човен зараз пристав до землі, до якої пливли.
UmaMpo'epe toe-di, goe' -ramo mpodoa Yesus hi rala sakaya. Pesua' -na Yesus hi rala sakaya, rata-ramo hi wiwi' talinti to ratoa'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: Readily

Misspellings

"Readily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ardebili, greadilly, greadily, Radaelli, radily, radly, randily, readly, reaedily, Reavill, Reihill, Rendille, Reudel, rheidity. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Readily"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "readily" (pronounced re"dulē)
5-e" d u l ēsteadily.
4-d u l ēbodily, greedily, handily, speedily.
3-u l ēabnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, habitually, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Readily

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-r-y"

-1 letter: aerily, aridly, ariled, dearly, derail, dialer, direly, laired, railed, redial, relaid, ridley.

-2 letters: aider, ailed, aired, alder, ariel, daily, dairy, deair, deary, delay, deray, diary, drail, drily, early, ideal, idler, irade, lader, laird, lardy, layed, layer, leady, leary, liard, lidar, lyard, rayed, ready, redia, redly, relay, riled, riley, riyal, yaird, yield.

-3 letters: aery, aide, airy, arid, aril, aryl, dale, dare, deal, dear, deil, deli, dial, diel, dire, dirl, dray, dyer, earl, eyra, idea, idle, idly, idyl, ilea, ired, lade, lady, laid, lair, lard, lari, lead, lear, liar, lied, lier, lira, lire, lyre, raid, rail, rale, read, real, rely, rial, ride, riel, rile, yald, yard, yare, year, yeld, yird.

-4 letters: aid, ail, air, ale, are, aye, dal, day, del, dey, die, dry, dye, ear, eld, era, ire, lad, lar, lay, lea, led, lei, ley, lid, lie, lye, rad, ray, red, rei, ria, rid, rya, rye, yar, yea, yid.

-5 letters: ad, ae, ai, al, ar, ay, de, ed, el, er, id, la, li, re, ya, ye.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-r-y"
 

+1 letter: diablery, dialyser, dialyzer, dreamily, drearily, variedly.

 

+2 letters: desirably, dialysers, dialyzers, dietarily, holidayer, radiately, redisplay.

 

+3 letters: acrylamide, creditably, debonairly, depilatory, holidayers, ladyfinger, preholiday, radiolyses, redisplays, remedially, residually.

 

+4 letters: acrylamides, adverbially, aggrievedly, chrysalides, corydalises, crystalized, daredevilry, degradingly, deliveryman, delusionary, dilatometry, disparately, editorially, endearingly, grandiosely, hydralazine, ingrainedly, interplayed, ladyfingers, legendarily, maledictory, polyandries, predictably, readability, redisplayed, rewardingly, secondarily, tetraploidy, underlaying, undesirably, unweariedly, valedictory, veridically.

 

+5 letters: bigheartedly, considerably, coordinately, crystallised, crystallized, daredeviltry, daydreamlike, decoratively, decreasingly, deflationary, deliberately, derivatively, derogatively, derogatorily, desirability, despairingly, determinably, detractively, disagreeably, discrepantly, disreputably, distractedly, diuretically, drapeability, driveability, drysalteries, farsightedly, federatively, glycerinated, heraldically, herbicidally, hereditarily, holidaymaker, hydralazines, immoderately, imponderably, ineradicably, inordinately, interlayered, intertidally, irredeemably, irremediably, laryngitides, meridionally, multilayered, periodically, prudentially, radioecology, radiolucency, redisplaying, restrainedly, spheroidally, underplaying, valetudinary, veridicality, wallydraigle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Readily


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 61 64 69 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    .-    -..    ..    .-..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100001 01100100 01101001 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#97 &#100 &#105 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0061 0064 0069 006C 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52716770757891

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Quotations: Speeches
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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