eas·i·ly

[ee-zuh-lee, eez-lee]
adverb
1.
in an easy manner; with ease; without trouble: The traffic moved along easily.
2.
beyond question; by far: easily the best.
3.
likely; well: He may easily change his mind.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English esily. See easy, -ly

o·ver·eas·i·ly, adverb


2. certainly, surely, clearly, plainly.
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easily (ˈiːzɪlɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv
1.  with ease; without difficulty or exertion
2.  by far; beyond question; undoubtedly: he is easily the best in the contest
3.  probably; almost certainly: he may easily come first
 

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Easily is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

easily
c.1300, from easy + -ly (2).
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Example sentences
The good news is that you don't have to stay past the opening credit sequence-easily the highlight of the film.
They say bubbles easily form in a mixture of water and clay mix.
Changing the world has never been a job for the conventional or easily
  discouraged.
As in the case of the virtues, the psychologists test for simple answers that
  can be easily coded.
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