lightly

[light·ly]

With little weight or force

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With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.

Adverb
with indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly"

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indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning"

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to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"

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with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"

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with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light"

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in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"

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without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly"


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With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.

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Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.

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Without deep impression.

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In a small degree; slightly; not severely.

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With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.

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Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.

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Commonly; usually.

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Without dejection; cheerfully.

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Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.

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Not chastely; wantonly.


Lightly

Light"ly, adv. 1. With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast.
Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly.
2. Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly sail.
Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me word.
3. Without deep impression.
The soft ideas of the cheerful note, Lightly received, were easily forgot.
4. In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
At the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously afflict her.
5. With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
That lightly come, shall lightly go.
They come lightly by the malt, and need not spare it.
6. Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or lightly appear before great personages.
7. Commonly; usually. [Obs.] Bp. Fisher.
The great thieves of a state are lightly the officers of the crown.
8. Without dejection; cheerfully. "Seeming to bear it lightly." Shak. 9. Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly.
10. Not chastely; wantonly. Swift.

With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.

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Usage Examples

At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.

I'm honest about the journey I've been on, so I definitely don't take dating lightly anymore.

Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

People have taken time out of their day and spent their money to come sit down at a concert. And it's jazz music-it's not easy for them to get to it. I don't want them ever to feel that I'm taking their presence lightly.

A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.

If I despised myself, it would be no compensation if everyone saluted me, and if I respect myself, it does not trouble me if others hold me lightly.

Playing in New England and the Boston area, the fans are so passionate about their sports if you don't play well, they'll let you know so I know it's not something that they take lightly.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.

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