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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * /fa.t͡ʃilˈmen.te/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''facilmente''' (superlative ''facilissimamente'')^(GDLI)
+ Old forms include [[roa-oit|facilemente]] and [[roa-oit|facilmentre]].^(TLIO)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is formed [[af|it|facile|-mente]], like other adverbs of manner.^(Wiktionary)^(GRADIT 2003)^(TLIO)^(GDLI)
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+ Tommaseo notes that the classical language used [[la|facile]], the neuter of the adjective, as the adverb, that Vitruvius has [[m|la|faciliter]], a form Quintilian disapproved of, and that early Latin had [[m|la|faculter]].^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The TLIO's first record is in Bono Giamboni's translation of Orosius, written before 1292 in Florentine, in the sense “without effort, without trouble”.^(TLIO) GRADIT dates the word to before 1294, and Devoto–Oli to the end of the 13th century.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Old Italian already used the adverb in the senses “certainly”, “willingly, readily” and “with a chance of being carried out”.^(TLIO) Guittone d'Arezzo writes in a letter that some “facilmente si mostrano acconsenzienti all'opera” (“readily show themselves willing to do the deed”).^(GDLI)^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861) The GDLI lists a wide range of shades, from “speedily, comfortably” to “without resistance”, and notes that the word is sometimes used in litotes.^(GDLI|5, 566)
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+ Modern Italian has kept the main sense “easily” and, in colloquial use, “probably”, where the adverb comments on the whole sentence.^(GRADIT 2003)^(Treccani 2011)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * Before 1292 – Bono Giamboni uses ''facilmente'' in his translation of Orosius.^(TLIO)
+ * Before 1294 – Date of first record in GRADIT.^(GRADIT 2003)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adverb===
+ # [[m|en|easily]], without difficulty: ''Questa ricetta si prepara facilmente.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)
+ # ''(colloquial)'' [[m|en|probably]], very likely: ''Facilmente domani farà freddo.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[facile]]
+ * [[facilità]]
+ * [[facilitare]]
+ * [[la|facilis]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}