"Come easy" vs "Comes easily"

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi

Could anyone please tell me the difference between the given expressions?

“Come easy” and “Comes easily”

1- Knowledge of cooking comes easy to him.
2- Knowledge of cooking comes easily to him.

3-Nothing comes----------- in life.(easy-easily)

Thanks in advance

Tom

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Hi Tom

I’d say “comes easy” just sounds more informal than “comes easily”.

Have you googled them? “Comes easy” gets close to twice as many Google results as “comes easily”. :shock:

By the way, the word “easy” is used as an adverb in a number of idioms. Take a look here: thefreedictionary.com/easy
idioms.thefreedictionary.com/easy

Amy