eathly

adverb

eath·​ly

variants or eithly

-li

Scottish

: easily

Word History

Etymology

Middle English etheliche, from Old English ēathelīce, from ēathelīc (adjective) easy, from ēathe + -līc (adjective suffix) -ly

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