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Readily vs Quickly - What's the difference?

readily | quickly |

As adverbs the difference between readily and quickly

is that readily is without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness while quickly is rapidly; with speed; fast.

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.}}

    quickly

    English

    Adverb

    (quicker)
  • rapidly; with speed; fast
  • Very soon
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Another Karadeniz cross led to Cudicini's first save of the night, with the Spurs keeper making up for a weak punch by brilliantly pushing away Christian Noboa's snap-shot.
    Two more top-class stops followed quickly afterwards, first from Natcho's rasping shot which was heading into the top corner, and then to deny Ryazantsev at his near post.}}
    If we go this way, we'll get there quickly .

    Usage notes

    * Although the comparative and superlative one-word forms exist and are in use, the two-word forms are more common.

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