lightly

English

Etymology

light +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

lightly ‎(comparative lightlier or more lightly, superlative lightliest or most lightly)

1. In a light manner.

   As a teacher, I don't take rudeness in class lightly.‎

   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     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 terms

• take lightly

Translations

in a light manner

• Catalan: lleugerament
• Czech: lehce (cs)
• Faroese: lættliga
• Finnish: kevyesti
• French: légèrement (fr)
• German: leicht (de)

• Italian: alla leggera, superficialmente (it), in maniera superficiale
• Polish: lekko (pl)
• Portuguese: levemente (pt)
• Russian: легко́ (ru) ‎(lexkó), слегка́ (ru) ‎(slexká)
• Slovak: ľahko
• Spanish: ligeramente (es)