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lightly
[ lahyt-lee ]
adverb
- with little weight, force, intensity, etc.; gently:
to press lightly on a door bell.
- to only a small amount or degree; slightly:
lightly fried eggs.
to leap lightly aside.
- with a lack of concern; indifferently; slightly:
to think lightly of one's achievements.
- cheerfully; without complaining:
to take bad news lightly.
- without due consideration or reason (often used negatively):
an offer not to be refused lightly.
- without trouble or effort; easily:
Lightly come, lightly go.
- frivolously; flippantly:
to behave lightly.
- airily; buoyantly:
flags floating lightly.
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Idioms and Phrases
see get off (lightly) ; once over lightly .Example Sentences
And yet there is a sigh of relief from some who feel the UK escaped lightly – compared to our biggest trading partner, the European Union – by receiving a tariff of 10%.
Even though you may wet it during some part of the precooking process — like dipping it in egg before dredging it in flour — it should be dry or only lightly oiled before cooking.
And like having a human child, that choice shouldn’t come lightly.
You were instructed to swipe the radish through the butter, dip lightly into the salt and eat.
Smashing manifesto promises is not something governments do lightly and Labour would tread particularly carefully around these flagship pledges on the economy, so often for many a perceived weak spot in the party's credibility.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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