easily vs hands down

easily

adv
  • Without difficulty. 

  • Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety. 

  • Absolutely, without question. 

hands down

adv
  • without much effort; easily 

  • without question; undoubtedly 

  • by a large margin (in a game or contest) 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hands, down. 

How often have the words easily and hands down occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )