Easely or easily?
Did you mean easily? Here's the right spelling and how to remember it.
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easely
Correct
easily
Correct spelling: easily. Misspelling: easely.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
Memory tip
Easy changes Y to I before -ly: eas-I-ly.
Why people write “easely”
The misspelling “easely” is only one letter off: it writes E where easily has I, an easy slip because in an unstressed syllable both vowels can sound like the same soft "uh".
Spell-checkers catch the mistake in a document, but not in a handwritten note, a text message or a word game. Writing the word out a few times while saying the tricky part aloud is the quickest way to make easily automatic.
Other misspellings of “easily”
People also write “easyly”. Here is where each one goes wrong.
“easyly”
Correct spelling: easily. Misspelling: easyly.
letters the misspelling gets wrong or leaves out letters that shouldn't be there
The misspelling “easyly” is only one letter off: it uses Y in place of I; the two letters can sound alike here.
What does “easily” mean?
easily adverb
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Full dictionary entry
“Easily” in a sentence
- She won the race easily.
- She was easily excited.
- Easily the best book she's written.
- I might well do it.
Is “easily” a playable word?
9 points in Scrabble · 9 in Words With Friends
- Scrabble (US)
- Scrabble (UK)
- Words With Friends
“easely” is not accepted in any of these games. See every word you can make from EASILY.