Instead and Readily

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Instead

Instead adverb - In place of, or as an alternative to.
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Readily and instead are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Readily" instead an adverb "Instead".

Readily

Readily adverb - By choice or preference.
Usage example: she would readily give up piano lessons for a season ticket at her local ski area
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Instead and readily are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Instead" instead an adverb "Readily".
Nearby Words: ready, readiness

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  • Junior, Pete's son from the Donald Duck cartoon "Bellboy Donald" is a cat, but he's not readily identifiable as such and looked more like Mickey Mouse with cat ears instead.
    Source: Informed Species / Western Animation
  • Wall of Weapons Professor Farnsworth in Futurama puts his own little spin on this trope — instead of weapons, he has a collection of doomsday devices readily available.
    Source: Wall of Weapons
  • Conspicuously Light Patch Occasionally inverted by allowing the cel/object to exist and making it readily visually apparent, and then moving the background art instead of the cel.
    Source: Conspicuously Light Patch
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