easily

facilement, sans difficulté

Sans avoir besoin de beaucoup d’efforts ni rencontrer de grandes difficultés.

En anglais simple : Without much effort or difficulty.

• I found the house easily.
• She easily lifted the heavy box.
• Can you read this sign easily?

Synonymes : readily, effortlessly

Contraires : with difficulty

Expressions courantes : win easily, easily understand, easily find something, easily solve something

facilement, vite

Indique qu’une chose risque fort de se produire, parfois plus vite qu’on ne le pensait.

En anglais simple : With a strong chance of happening, sometimes sooner or more readily than expected.

• Glass breaks easily.
• That mistake could easily happen again.
• She gets upset easily when she is tired.

Synonymes : readily

Expressions courantes : could easily happen, easily offended, easily damaged

de loin, sans aucun doute

Souligne qu’une chose se distingue nettement et sans doute possible, notamment par comparaison avec toutes les autres.

En anglais simple : Clearly and without any doubt, especially when comparing something with everything else.

• This is easily the best cake.
• She was easily the fastest runner in our class.
• That was easily our worst performance this season.

Synonymes : by far, certainly, undoubtedly

Expressions courantes : easily the best, easily the largest, easily the worst