Crossword clues for readier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier (r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. ``When she redy was.''
--Chaucer.-
Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. ``Dinner was ready.''
--Fielding.My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
--Matt. xxii. 4. -
Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
--Acts xxi. 13.If need be, I am ready to forego And quit.
--Milton. -
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. ``Ready in devising expedients.''
--Macaulay.Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly.
--Sir W. Scott. -
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. ``The readiest way.''
--Milton.A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found.
--Dryden. -
On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
My heart is ready to crack.
--Shak. -
(Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. ``[I] am all redy at your hest.''
--Chaucer.Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. ``'T is all the ready money fate can give.''
--Cowley.Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.
Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparativeready) n. One who or that which makes something ready.
WordNet
v. prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, make, prepare]
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set]
adj. completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read" [ant: unready]
(of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash" [syn: ready(a)]
mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"
brought into readiness; "dinner is ready"
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick]
See ready
Usage examples of "readier".
The second simultaneous thing Readier was doing was playing around with a little mental arithmetic.
So Readier had slid the queen-size backward, with Holly riding on it like a sled, and laid the twin flat next to it.
They had pulled her away from Readier and dragged her in the dark across the clearing, into the trees, through a gauntlet of hissing, spitting, jeering people.
Borken reversed his direction and used the Sig-Sauer to shove Readier toward him.
No Readier, no Jackson, no weapon, no tools, six sentries in the street outside.
West side of the road, behind a rocky outcrop, exactly three hundred yards south of where Readier had been.
He scanned the rest of the crowd and spotted Readier Gilt, standing off to one side and, surprisingly, not smiling.
One of them, of course, is that Mr Readier Gilt does not seem to be in this room.
To pass under the canvas in the manner he had entered required time and attention, and he made a readier aperture by slitting the canvas wall with his poniard.
Noble princes and fathers of this holy expedition, Richard is a soldier--his hand is ever readier than his tongue--and his tongue is but too much used to the rough language of his trade.
From a distance Readier peered in and saw the same four farmers he had seen two nights previously.
As more untailored emotions regained ascendancy over those he had imprinted on her, the readier she would be to report everything she could recall to her superiors.
The Council on Earth may be a bit readier to believe there is something behind all this.
He seemed readier to be in love with his benevolent relative than with the lady.