facilely

adverb

Definition of facilelynext
as in easily
without difficulty most TV sitcoms give the impression that family problems can be solved facilely and in less than 30 minutes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilely
  1. easily
  2. easy
  3. readily
  4. efficiently
  5. freely
Adverb
  • Escape Cafe’s high-end beans are easily accessible across Canada, available in over 60 coffee shops and 200 supermarkets.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Furthermore, those that are likely to suffer most are those who cannot afford going to a dentist, those that live in rural areas that may not be able to access dental offices easily as well as underserved communities that do not have the luxury to purchase fluoridated water.
    Omer Awan, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of easily
Adverb
  • Thankfully, things started out fairly easy with 1 and 4 Across (Bow and Caleb) and a few of the downs were pretty obvious—Ole!—but some of these really stumped me.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Retirement life has not come that easy for the Kelce family.
    Ryan Morik, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of easy
Adverb
  • Obvious identifiers like a street name, alma mater or other information that may be readily available online are ill-advised, experts say.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Administrative representatives at the university’s main campus in Anza and a branch campus in Mill Valley, Calif., did not have documents readily available related to student and faculty rosters and class syllabi, officers said.
    Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of readily
Adverb
  • And because a big meal produces a huge spike in insulin, your body responds to the sugar and efficiently stores more body fat.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Regardless of the underlying cause, the deficit causes the body to function less efficiently.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of efficiently
Adverb
  • Functional fashion offers women the opportunity to freely move from morning to night without missing a beat.
    WWD, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The company’s board had been interviewing semiconductor executives for several weeks, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss confidential information freely.
    Rohan Goswami, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of freely
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“Facilely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilely. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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