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Casually spinning lie, say (6)

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easily

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'casually' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'spinning lie say' is the wordplay.
'spinning' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lie'+'say'='liesay'
'liesay' is an anagram of 'EASILY'.

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(Other definitions for easily that I've seen before include "Very probably" , "Without difficulty or effort" , "without doubt" , "Comfortably" , "Simply" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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