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Synonyms for lightly
ˈlaɪt lilight·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
lightlyadverb
without good reason
"one cannot say such things lightly"
Synonyms:
thinly, gently, softly, lightAntonyms:
heavily, hard, intemperatelylightly, lightadverb
with few burdens
"experienced travellers travel light"
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thinly, gently, softly, lightAntonyms:
heavily, hard, intemperatelylightly, softly, gentlyadverb
with little weight or force
"she kissed him lightly on the forehead"
Synonyms:
quietly, gently, thinly, piano, softly, light, mildlyAntonyms:
hard, intemperately, heavilylightlyadverb
indulging with temperance
"we eat lightly in the morning"
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thinly, gently, softly, lightAntonyms:
heavily, intemperately, hardlightlyadverb
with indifference or without dejection
"he took it lightly"
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thinly, gently, softly, lightAntonyms:
hard, heavily, intemperatelythinly, lightlyadverb
in a small quantity or extent
"spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
Synonyms:
gently, thinly, thin, softly, lightAntonyms:
intemperately, hard, heavilylightlyadverb
to a slight degree
"her speech is only lightly accented"
Synonyms:
thinly, gently, softly, lightAntonyms:
heavily, intemperately, hard
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "lightly":
slightly, contemptibly, cavalierly, casually, frivolously, loosely, easily, gently, marginally, superficially, recklessly
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#1949 | easily | |
#2643 | slightly | |
#3763 | piano | |
#4349 | thin | |
#9515 | gently | |
#11723 | lightly | |
#11864 | quietly | |
#15886 | softly | |
#18971 | loosely | |
#24703 | mildly | |
#29558 | marginally | |
#29708 | casually | |
#32769 | thinly | |
#46545 | recklessly | |
#58459 | superficially | |
#205863 | frivolously | |
#228265 | cavalierly |
How to use lightly in a sentence?
I didn't create lives lightly. This was very, very important to me, to the point where, when we created these lives and we put them into a surrogate, we were coming up with names for our children. And so, to do anything besides continue their journey towards life and birth to me is tantamount to destruction.
This is a high and holy calling. It is not something to take lightly. It is a sacred trust in which pettiness or grandstanding should have no part, in some respects, the Senate today is but a mere shadow of its former self, another casualty of the permanent political campaign.
Obviously, with the emphasis on heroin in the state right now, that’s just not something we wanted to take lightly, everything you don’t want to hear in a school happened in one day.
The department does not take such a decision lightly, where possible, it is standard practice to seek less intrusive means as an alternative to a search and to narrowly scope any search that is undertaken.
I found that most people who acted on their fantasies reported that the experience was at least as good -- if not better -- than they were expecting and said that it improved their relationship, but it isn't something you want to leap into or take lightly.
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