Readily vs Rapidly - What's the difference?
readily | rapidly |
Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness.
Without impediment, easily.
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, title= With speed; in a rapid manner.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.}}
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As adverbs the difference between readily and rapidly
is that readily is without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness while rapidly is with speed; in a rapid manner.readily
English
Adverb
(en-adv)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.}}
rapidly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}