Translation
easily
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Examples
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You will do this easily.
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He was unquestionably the leading man.
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It is not easily believed.
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I readily understand what you want.
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This is easy to say.
is the neuter of the adjective facilis serving as an adverb, which is what third declension adjectives in -ilis do rather than forming an adverb in -. Comparative facilius, superlative facillime.
Its everyday sense is "without difficulty". In front of a superlative it means "unquestionably, by common consent", and , "far and away the first man", is the standard Ciceronian compliment. Note also the supine construction , "easy in the saying", where is an ablative supine and not an infinitive. facilis is built straight on , "what can be done", the same logic that gives English "feasible" from French faire.
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 11: facile, valde, cur and 7 more words.