Etymology

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Today it means: Without unwillingness or hesitation; showing readiness. Full definition →

Middle English redily
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromredily
  2. English todayreadily

From Middle English redily, rediliche. By surface analysis, read(i) + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.