Definition: indicating high probability; in all likelihood
Usage: I might well do it; a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster; you may well need your umbrella; he could equally well be trying to deceive us
Main entry: easily
Definition: without question
Usage: easily the best book she's written
Definition: with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')
Usage: she was easily excited; was easily confused; he won easily; this china breaks very easily; success came too easy