How to Use readily in a Sentence

readily

adverb
  • He readily agreed to help us.
  • Team owners readily agree that the first year of the game was rough.
    — Ethan Davison, Washington Post, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Land in the bed of the L.A. River was bought readily — and some of it is still in private hands.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • By winter the seed pods are easy to open and the seeds readily separate from the pulp.
    — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Those sweets are long gone, but the whisky is still readily available.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The heat and flames can readily penetrate their bark and reach the trees’ living cells.
    — Timmy Broderick, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Asked about the delays, HUD cites the lack of a readily available source of funding.
    — Mike Smith, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Equipped with strong suction, the vacuum readily sucks up dirt, dust, and debris around the home and in the car.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The halls are decked across the theme parks and hotels, and seasonal food and drinks are readily available.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2024
  • All that data is readily available in the palm of your hand today.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Not all the answers are readily at hand, though the reasons why are also telling in and of themselves.
    — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 May 2022
  • The swivel brush head is designed to readily lift up fine dust, crumbs, hair, and more debris.
    — Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The space between the flesh and the fabric extends to the gap between the wearer and the beholder: The body is not readily apparent.
    — E. Alex Jung, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
  • All that data is readily available in the palm of your hand today.
    — Beryl Love, The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • As the sport has boomed, all of that has become more readily available than ever.
    — Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
  • But the path the conflict takes could allow some residents to more readily get on with their lives.
    — WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
  • But, in the case of Europe’s major leagues, the threat is now readily apparent.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 17 May 2024
  • The herb is most readily available as a spice or supplement.
    — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Health, 24 Mar. 2024
  • First, there’s free testosterone, which is readily available for cells to use.
    — Ben Radding, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Large amounts of gas are less readily available on the global market than oil.
    — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • There’s also not a readily available ride-share service in the area.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
  • When deciding who to ask to clean up the slide deck, for example, Meghan’s name comes to mind more readily than Ian’s.
    — Meimei Fox, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • The analysis showed they were made not from readily available deer and beaver bones, as assumed, but from the bones of humans and bears.
    — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • If there was an aircraft that's maybe not readily available or not flying in the world, still, not allowed to shoot blank sky.
    — Kara Warner, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022
  • Sprinkle in esports, which are found more readily in new-tech venues like Twitch or YouTube, and the project becomes even more daunting.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2022
  • Outside of the companies whose products are readily available in the US, there was more on the agenda.
    — Adam Speight, Wired, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The need for readily available, at-home tests had long been apparent.
    — Joel Zinberg, National Review, 2 Mar. 2022
  • How to Get Around Taxis and car rentals are readily available for visitors.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
  • Another plaintiff was dropped from the lawsuit after reaching a settlement, though the terms were not readily available.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Some visitors asked for certified copies of earnings records, even though the information is readily available online.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 1 May 2025

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