lightly

Words with a similar base: lightly

'lightly'

[lightly.r.01] as in: without good reason

Examples:
one cannot say such things lightly

lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, thinly, lightly

light, light, light, luminosity, light, light, light, light, light, light, sparkle, light, inner_light, light, lighter, light, light_up, alight, ignite, fall, unhorse, light, light, light, light, light, light, unaccented, light, light, clean, light, light, light, light, faint, light, abstemious, light, light, light, idle, light, light, light, easy, lightly

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abstemious, alight, clean, day, easy, erupt, faint, fall, idle, ignite, inflame, inner_light, light, light_up, lighter, lightly, luminosity, sidereal_day, sparkle, thinly, unaccented, unhorse

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'lightly'

[lightly.r.02] as in: with few burdens

Examples:
experienced travellers travel light

lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, thinly, lightly, light, light, light, luminosity, light, light, light, light, light, light, sparkle, light, inner_light, light, lighter, light, light_up, alight, ignite, fall, unhorse, light, light, light, light, light, light, unaccented, light, light, clean, light, light, light, light, faint, light, abstemious, light, light, light, idle, light, light, light, easy

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abstemious, alight, clean, day, easy, erupt, faint, fall, idle, ignite, inflame, inner_light, light, light_up, lighter, lightly, luminosity, sidereal_day, sparkle, thinly, unaccented, unhorse

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'lightly'

[lightly.r.03] as in: with little weight or force

Examples:
she kissed him lightly on the forehead

lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, thinly, lightly, softly, softly, piano, gently, gently

pacify, ennoble, gentle, gentle, gentle, gentle, aristocratic, docile, easy, easy

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lightly, piano, softly, thinly, weak_point

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'lightly'

[lightly.r.04] as in: indulging with temperance

Examples:
we eat lightly in the morning

lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, thinly, lightly

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heavily, heavily, heavily, heavily, heavy, heavily, heavily

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abstemious, alight, clean, day, densely, easy, erupt, faint, fall, heavily, heavy, idle, ignite, inflame, inner_light, light, light_up, lighter, lightly, luminosity, sidereal_day, sparkle, thick, thickly, thinly, unaccented, unhorse

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'lightly'

[lightly.r.05] as in: with indifference or without dejection

Examples:
he took it lightly

lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, thinly, lightly

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abstemious, alight, clean, day, easy, erupt, faint, fall, idle, ignite, inflame, inner_light, light, light_up, lighter, lightly, luminosity, sidereal_day, sparkle, thinly, unaccented, unhorse

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'lightly'

[thinly.r.03] as in: in a small quantity or extent

Examples:
spread the margarine thinly over the meat
apply paint lightly

thinly, thinly, thinly, thinly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly

thin, thin, dilute, reduce, thin, thin, slender, sparse, thin, thin, thin, flimsy, thinly

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thickly, densely, thickly, thickly, thick

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thinly

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abridge, boil_down, decline, densely, deoxidize, dilute, ebb, empty, evacuate, fall_back, flimsy, lag, leanness, lightly, lose, loss, meagerness, misplace, miss, nonfat, passing, personnel_casualty, reduce, relapse, repress, shrink, slender, sparse, suffer, thick, thickly, thin, thinly, vacate, wane

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'lightly'

[lightly.r.07] as in: to a slight degree

Examples:
her speech is only lightly accented

lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, lightly, thinly, lightly

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abstemious, alight, clean, day, easy, erupt, faint, fall, idle, ignite, inflame, inner_light, light, light_up, lighter, lightly, luminosity, sidereal_day, sparkle, thinly, unaccented, unhorse

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Origins

					lightly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── light (English)
    ├── leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    ├── light (Middle English (1100-1500))
    ├── lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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