lightly
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- lighty (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English lyghtly, liȝtliche, lihtliche, from Old English lēohtlīċe, equivalent to light + -ly.
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
lightly (comparative lightlier or more lightly, superlative lightliest or most lightly)
- In a light manner.
- As a teacher, I don't take rudeness in class lightly.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
in a light manner
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