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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Readily

Readily as the smith can labor at his forge.
—Anonymous

Readily as water rushes into a hollow.
—Anonymous

Met the gale as readily as the butterflies meet the sun.
—Eliza Cook

As readily as a child takes sweetmeats at Mardi Gras.
—Ouida

Readily as condemned men take reprieve.
—Algernon Charles Swinburne