Easily and Rather

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Easily adverb - Without difficulty.

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Rather and easily are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Easily".

Nearby Words: easy, easiness

Rather adverb - By choice or preference.

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Easily and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Easily" instead an adverb "Rather".

Blondie: Dagwood Bumstead could be easily the poster boy for this trope (as well as one of its earliest examples) — He is not only rather nerdy, but also extremely lazy and awkward.

Source: Adorkable / Comic Books
Subverted in that he's not really evil, but rather childish and easily manipulated by Discord, who was using him to frame the real Hercules for murder.

Source: Evil Knockoff
Mary I was actually very skinny rather than overweight in the film and Norfolk was a weak and easily-manipulated man rather than the film's powerful and scheming counterpart.

Source: Film / Elizabeth

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