leviter

See also: léviter

Latin

Etymology

From levis +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.u̯i.ter/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯ɪt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.vi.ter/, [ˈlɛːvit̪er]

Adverb

leviter (comparative levius, superlative levissimē)

1. lightly, not heavily
2. slightly, somewhat
3. easily

Related terms

• levis
• levitās
• levō

References

• “leviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “leviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• leviter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be indisposed: leviter aegrotare, minus valere
    
  • to have received a superficial education: litteris leviter imbutum or tinctum esse
    
  • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): strictim, leviter tangere, attingere, perstringere aliquid
    
  • to hint vaguely at a thing: leviter significare aliquid
    

Swedish

Noun

leviter

1. indefinite plural of levit