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Readily vs Instantly - What's the difference?

readily | instantly |

As adverbs the difference between readily and instantly

is that readily is without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness while instantly is urgently; with insistence.

readily

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
  • Without impediment, easily.
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  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily . Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}

    instantly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enstantly (rare) * instantlie (obsolete) * instauntly (obsolete)

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (archaic) Urgently; with insistence.
  • *, II.27:
  • Theoxena although she were instantly urged thereunto, could never be induced to marry againe.
  • At once; without delay.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph
  • , title= England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}