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

  lightly
       adv 1: without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly"
       2: with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light"
          [syn: light]
       3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the
          forehead" [syn: softly, gently]
       4: indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning"
          [ant: heavily]
       5: with indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly"
       6: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly
          over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: thinly]
          [ant: thickly]
       7: to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"

  lightly
     adv.
     In a light manner.

  lightly
     adv.
     In a light manner.

  lightly
     adv.
     In a light manner.

  lightly
     adv.
     In a light manner.

  lightly
     Englanti adv.
     1 kevyesti
     2 herkästi

  lightly
     Engelska adv.
     lätt, försiktigt

  Lightly /lˈaɪtli/
  قليلا

  lightly //ˈlaɪtli// 
  леко, несериозно
  in a light manner

  lightly /lˈaɪtli/
  lehce

  lightly /lˈaɪtli/
  leicht 

  lightly /lˈaɪtli/
  
  ελαφρώς, επιπόλαια

  lightly //ˈlaɪtli// 
  kevyesti
  in a light manner

  lightly /lˈaɪtli/ 
  1. हल्के से
        "She touched the child lightly."
  2. कम में
        "The accused got off lightly."
  3. गम्भीरता रहित होकर
        "He took her remarks very lightly."

  lightly /lˈaɪtli/
  lako, olako, površno

  lightly /lˈaɪtli/
  1. könnyedén
  2. fürgén
  3. könnyen
  4. könnyelmûen
  5. felszínesen

  lightly /laitliː/
  cautim

  lightly /laitliː/
  1. licht, lichtjes, zwak, zwakjes
  2. voorzichtig, zachtjes

  lightly /ˈlaɪtlɪ/ 
    beztrosko, lekkomyślnie

  lightly /lˈaɪtli/
  1. hafifçe
  2. bir dereceye kadar
  3. canlılıkla
  4. ciddiye almadan.

  
/ˈɫaɪtɫi/

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "lightly":
     a bit, a little, airily, arbitrarily, barely, blithely, by a hair,
     by an ace, capriciously, cheerfully, cheerily, easily,
     effortlessly, ever so little, exiguously, facilely, faintly,
     fancifully, feebly, flightily, freely, frivolously, genially,
     gladly, hands down, happily, hardly, hopefully, idly, immaterially,
     imperfectly, inadvertently, inappreciably, inconsequentially,
     insignificantly, irrepressibly, jauntily, joyfully, just a bit,
     like clockwork, like nothing, little, meagerly, minimally,
     minutely, negligently, negligibly, no sweat, not hardly,
     on easy terms, only just, optimistically, permissively, pettily,
     pleasantly, readily, remissly, scampingly, scantily, scarcely,
     shallowly, simply, skimpingly, slightingly, slightly, slurringly,
     smilingly, smoothly, superficially, swimmingly, tant soit peu,
     triflingly, trivially, unessentially, unimportantly, unreasonably,
     unrigorously, weakly, well, whimsically, with good cheer,
     without difficulty
  
  

  ad. 轻轻的,容易的,不费力的;

     ad. 轻轻地,容易地,不费力地