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Just learned 楽々 from this cat video on vine which says:

もう楽々にゃ〜

WWWJDIC 楽々:

楽楽; 楽々 【らくらく】 (adv,adv-to) comfortably; easily

ぼくは手が足の指に楽々とどくよ。 I can easily touch my toes.

Not really sure what adv-to means so I looked up to:

WWWJDIC と:

と (prt,conj) (1) if; when; (2) and; (3) with; (4) (See って・1) particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; (n) (5) (abbr) {shogi} (See と金) promoted pawn; (prt) (6) (kyu:) indicates question (sentence end); (P)

(1) このシャンプーを買うと素敵なヘアブラシがついてきます。 This shampoo comes with a nice hair brush.

(2) １２と２４と７と１１の合計は５４です。 The sum of 12, 24, 7 and 11 is 54.

(3) 私はあなたとお話ししてよかった。 I have enjoyed talking to you.

(4) 「美しい」とか「醜い」といった言葉は相対的な用語である。 The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms.

But, none of these definitions seem to fit.

「楽々と」の「と」: What does to do here?

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  • http://nihongo.monash.edu/wwwjdicinf.html#code_tag – oals Jul 30 '16 at 21:16
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    Where did you see 楽々とのと? It makes no sense. 楽々とどく is 楽々+[届]{とど}く. For the usage of と in 楽々と, 次々と, 深々と, のんびりと, しっかりと etc, these threads might be of some help: http://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/36767/9831 / http://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/1962/9831 – Chocolate Jul 30 '16 at 23:57
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    They mean "the と of 楽々と", I assume. 「楽々と」の「と」 – Matt Aug 23 '16 at 08:45
  • `「楽々と」の「と」` あぁ、そゆことね～ｗ – Chocolate Aug 23 '16 at 10:03

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For your question, と is a part of とどく，which means reach.

However, ぼくは手が足の指に楽々ととどくよ。 is also correct.

For adverbs which describe how someone/something does something, と is needed to be added after the adverb, indicating it is an adverb similar to -ly in English, even though 楽々 itself is an adverb.

明鏡国語辞典

と（7）
動作や状態の様子を表す
to describe the action or status
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楽々と

     揚々と      「 意気揚々と引き揚げる 」
     洋々と      「 洋々と流れる大河 」

と is like a [adverb-maker] -- Some of these expressions ( like 揚々と, 洋々と ) sound a bit old-fashioned.

http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/154670/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%A8/

と ===

５ （副詞に付いて新たな副詞をつくり） ある状態を説明する意を表す。

「そろそろ―歩く」 「そよそよ―風が吹く」

「ほのぼの―春こそ空に来にけらし天のかぐ山霞たなびく」〈新古今・春上〉

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