Lightly

Definition: Lightly

Lightly

Adverb

1. Without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly".

2. With few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light".

3. With little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead".

4. Indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning".

5. With indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly".

6. In a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly".

7. To a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented".

Date "lightly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Lightly \Light"ly\, adverb. [Obsolete]. (references)

Synonyms: Lightly

Synonyms: gently (adv), light (adv), softly (adv), thinly (adv). (additional references)

Antonyms: heavily (adv), thickly (adv). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Why don't I just keep tapping you lightly on the head with the poker until a lump comes up (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer) Mr. Simpson, I don't use the word 'hero' lightly, but you are the greatest hero in American history (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I think it's you who shouldn't take me so lightly! Listen to me, Kaoru (Rurouni Kenshin; writing credit: Johan Unenge; Måns Gahrton) I lightly slapped you (Ferris Bueller's Day Off; writing credit: John Hughes) In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to what he's been thinking about all winter (The Awful Truth; writing credit: Viña Delmar; Arthur Richman)
Lyrics	Then he'd lightly touch down (Mr. Bojangles; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) I never made promises lightly (Fields Of Gold; performing artist: Sting) Oh I'd give my life so lightly (For My Lady; performing artist: The Moody Blues)
Movie/TV Titles	Once Over Lightly (1938)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Beetles, Lightly Toasted (reference) Feminine Prayer Journal: 5 1/2 X 8 1/2, 128 Lightly Ruled Pages, Stain Resistant Cover, Old and New Testament Scripture Verses Printed on Every (reference) Greenpeace: Stepping Lightly On the Earth Calendar 2003 (reference) Hope, Human and Wild: True Stories of Living Lightly on the Earth (reference) Lightly on the Land: The Sca Trail-Building and Maintenance Manual (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Ella Swings Lightly (reference) Lightly & Politely (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Captain Raphael Semmes, Alabama's commanding officer, standing by his ship's 110-pounder rifled gun during her visit to Capetown in August 1863. His executive officer, First Lieutenant John M. Kell, is in the background, standing by the ship's wheel. The original photograph is lightly color-tinted and mounted on a carte de visite bearing, on its reverse, the mark of E. Burmester, of Cape Town. See photo numbers NH 57256-KN for the colored image and NH 57256-A for a reproduction of the carte de visite's reverse. Credit: NAVY.		Contemporary pencil sketch, with colors of flags and smoke lightly worked in, depicting the Union ships Galena, Monitor, Aroostook, Port Royal and Naugatuck (listed as shown, left to right) bombarding the Confederate fort at Drewry's Bluff. Credit: NAVY.
	Plan view amidships, looking aft along the starboard side, with the ship's forward superstructure emphasized. Taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 30 July 1943. Note the Mark 33 (lower, with rear toward the camera) and Mark 34 gun directors, with the antenna of a Mark 8 fire control radar atop the Mk. 34; antenna for a SK-1 search radar atop the foremast; lightly armored conning tower at the front of the bridge; floater nets atop the number three 6"/47 triple gun turret; and shipyard railway crane on the pier. Circled areas have recently received modifications. Credit: NAVY.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption
	A note struck then lightly vibratoed on an amplified, distorted electric guitar.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Beaumont and Fletcher	Upon my buried body lie lightly, gentle earth.
Sophocles	Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
Thomas Paine	What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; -- 'tis dearness that only that gives everything its value.
Thucydides	Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno	Carroll, Lewis	Lightly and swiftly they skimmed over the ground, and I could not in the least understand how it was I kept up with them so easily
Life, the Universe and Everything	Douglas Adams	The air was clear and scented, the breeze flitted lightly through the tall grass around his cave, the birds were chirruping at each other, the butterflies were flitting about prettily, and the whole of nature seemed to be conspiring to be as pleasant as it possibly could
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He pushed it lightly with the end of his finger, with the stealthy and timorous carefulness of a cat.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	She danced lightly in the round
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	[Aside] Short summers lightly have a forward spring
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He drained the last of the pint and flung it from him, and the flat brown bottle skidded lightly over the dust
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Go lightly when using butter and margarine. (references)
		Heavy smokers often sleep very lightly and have reduced amounts of REM sleep. (references)
		Smokers tend to sleep very lightly and often wake up in the early morning due to nicotine withdrawal. (references)
Children	Djibouti	The Government has not addressed child abuse, which often is punished lightly; for example, when a child is raped or abused, the perpetrator usually is fined an amount sufficient to cover the child's medical care. (references)
	Russia	One study conducted by the Rights of the Child program of the Moscow Research Center for Human Rights found that on graduation at the age of 18 from a state institution for the lightly retarded, 30 percent of orphans became vagrants, 10 percent became involved in crime, and 10 percent committed suicide. (references)
Civil Liberties	Nigeria	Although distribution of religious publications generally remained unrestricted, the Government continued to enforce lightly a ban on published religious advertisements. (references)
Economic History	Pakistan	Agriculture, which is a provincial purview, remains very lightly taxed. (references)
	Somalia	These militias are in general poorly trained and lightly armed, although some groups possess limited inventories of older armored vehicles and other heavy weapons and small arms are prevalent throughout Somalia. (references)
	Trinidad	There are no currency or capital controls, and the TT dollar has been in a lightly managed, stable float since early 1993. The government has concluded a Bilateral Investment Treaty and an Intellectual Property Rights Agreement with the United States. (references)
Human Rights	Rwanda	Lightly armed civilian local defense units (LDU's) exist, but are not professional security forces. (references)
	Guatemala	Because of violent confrontations in the past, the Government continued its policy of securing an eviction order from a court, informing the occupiers of the coming eviction, and sending in a lightly armed police contingent to end the occupation by using dialog and verbal persuasion. (references)
Political Economy	Angola	By August 2000, the FAA had consolidated its military control of most of the nation's territory; however, UNITA reorganized itself as a guerrilla force and carried out ambushes or attacks on lightly defended targets throughout the country. (references)
Women	Papua New Guinea	Village courts tend to impose jail terms on women found guilty of adultery, while penalizing men lightly or not at all. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Lightly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Lightly" is used about 1,952 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	100%	1,952	4,402

Expressions using "lightly": bend lightly ♦ blow lightly ♦ iron lightly ♦ lightly armored ♦ lightly armored lightly armoured ♦ lightly armoured ♦ lightly come lightly go ♦ lightly dressed ♦ paper lightly coloured in the pulp ♦ sleep lightly ♦ tough lightly ♦ tread lightly. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "lightly": lightly-armed, lightly-boiled, lightly-built, lightly-buttered, lightly-contaminated, lightly-cooked, lightly-drawn, lightly-gelled, lightly-grained, lightly-greased, lightly-laden, lightly-loaded, lightly-milled, lightly-oiled, lightly-padded, lightly-populated, lightly-pressed, lightly-raced, lightly-smoked bologna sausage, lightly-stocked, lightly-strung, lightly-strutted, lightly-tanned, lightly-taxed.
	Ending with "lightly": go-lightly, mock-lightly, more-lightly, over-lightly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "lightly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		beroer (abet, agitate, alarm, incite, stir, stir up, touch lightly). (various references)

Albanian		lehtësish, lehtë (airily, easily, easy, facile, faintly, light, readily, slightly), shkujdesshëm, paksa (faintly, little, vaguely), butë (flabbily, indulgent, piano, smooth, soft). (various references)

Arabic		‏بخفة, ‏برفق (slightly, softly). (various references)

Bulgarian		с леко сърце (light hearted), с безразличие (indifferently, tepidly), несериозно, едва (barely, but, faintly, fine, hardly, just, narrowly, scarce, scarcely), лекомислено (flippantly, giddily, light-headed, superficially), леко (cheap, easy, gently, light, soft), безгрижно (in a happy-go-lucky way), без усилие (effortless), повърхностно (facilely, sketchily, superficially), полека (gently, gradually, quietly, slowly, softly). (various references)

Chinese		轻微 (lightness, slight), 輕輕 (softly), 輕易 (easily, rashly). (various references)

Czech		lehce (easily, gently, with ease). (various references)

Danish		let tjaereomhyllede smaaskaerver (lightly tar-coated chippings), ved overfladebehandling forstaas sproejtning af en vejoverflade med et bituminoest bindemiddel og paafoelgende afdaekning med raa eller praeparerede skaerver eller sten (sometimes lightly coated with binder, spead on a thin layer of bituminous binder), saa at enkelte korn af perlit eller bainit aetses vaesentligt mindre end andre (therefore some grains of pearlite or bainite are etched more lightly than others), papir tet farvet i massen (paper lightly coloured in the pulp), naar ferritten i bloedt,svagt kolddeformeret staal indeholder tvillinger og sliplinier,kan der ske normal rekrystallisation paa de kraftigst deformerede steder (normal recrystallization can occur at the most worked spots, when the ferrite of lightly cold-worked mild steels contains twins and slip lines), furen lukkes og hyppes let med hyppeplov eller hyppetallerkener (the furrow is closed and ridged lightly by covering bodies or discs). (various references)

Dutch		zwakjes (weakly), zwak (faint, light, weak, weakly), lichtjes (weakly), licht (bright, clear, easy, facile, faint, insubstantial, light, shallow, superficial, weak, weakly). (various references)

Esperanto		singarde (carefully, gently), malforte (weakly). (various references)

Finnish		lievästi karkaistu lasi (heat-strengthened glass, lightly-toughened glass, partially tempered glass, semi-tempered glass, semi-toughened glass), hipaista (brush past, graze, skim by, touch . . lightly). (various references)

French		léger (light, lightweight), légèrement, à la légère. (various references)

German		leicht (easily, easy, effortless, effortlessly, facile, facilely, gentle, gossamerly, light, lighthearted, lightweight, loose, lower-level, mild, mildly, minor, nimbly, petty, readily, simple, slight, slightly, smooth, softly, sprightly, thinly, unsubstantial). (various references)

Greek		επιπόλαια (perfunctorily, trivially), ελαφρώς (slightly), αβασάνιστα (uncritically). (various references)

Hebrew		על נקלה (easily), בנקל (easily). (various references)

Hungarian		könnyen (biddable, easily, easy, effortlessly, evanescent, gullible, light, pliableness, pliancy, queasy, readily, skittish, to prick, to trip, tractable, with ease), könnyelműen (giddily, improvidently, wastefully), felszínesen, fürgén (agily, briskly, deftly, nimbly, swiftly, to ply sg). (various references)

Indonesian		enteng (easy, light, mild). (various references)

Italian		lievemente (fainly, slightly, softly), leggermente (slightly), poco pesante (easily, easy, light). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		軽軽 (easily), 軽々 (easily). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かるがる (easily). (various references)

Korean		가볍게. (various references)

Pig Latin		ightlylay.(various references)

Polish		słabo (box, chest, weakly). (various references)

Portuguese		levemente (cose, little, slightly). (various references)

Romanian		uşor (downhill, easily, easy, facile, fluffy, gauzy, gentle, glib, gossamer, jamb, lax, light, light of foot, lightsome, rate, readily, ready, running, simple, slight, small, soft, superficial, swimmingly, thin, with a wet finger), neserios (untrustworthy), graţios (airily, daintily, flowing, graceful, gracefully, light, neat, sightly, thoroughbred, winning, winsome), cu inima uşoarã. (various references)

Russian		слегка (mildly, slightly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		lako (airily, easily, easy, facilely, light, trippingly), veselo (exhilarated, facetiously, gaily, happily, jokingly, merrily, rejoicingly), u malom iznosu, olako (easily). (various references)

Spanish		ligeramente (flippantly, light, marginally, nimbly, slightly, thin). (various references)

Swedish		lätt (easily, easy, facile, floaty, fragile, gentle, gently, hands over fist, in a hurry, light, mild, readily, shallow, simple, slight, slightly, tripping). (various references)

Thai		อย่างเบาๆ (mildly, softly), อย่างเล็กน้อย (slightly, something), อย่างไม่เอาใจใส่ (heedlessly), อย่างร่าเริง (gaily, mirthfully). (various references)

Turkish		tatlı tatlı (sweetly), kolayca (easily, easy as winking, facilely, hands down, light, readily, smoothly, swimmingly, well, with ease), kaygısızca (carelessly, jauntily), hafifçe (slightly), hafif (airy, blancmange, cushy, digestible, distant, dulcet, easy of digestion, feeble, feint, frail, frivolous, lenient, light, lightweight, loose, mild, piano, slight, small, soft, subdued, tenuous, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wishy washy), düşünmeden (by rote, impulsively, irrespective of, out of hand, rashly, recklessly, unintentionally, without thinking, without thought), önemsemeden. (various references)

Turkmen		зyplaс (lightly dressed), зyplak (lightly dressed). (various references)

Ukrainian		швидко (apace, aptly, at full pelt, chop-chop, fast, nimbly, prompt, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, speedily, swift), злегка (slightly), ледь (hardly, just, slightly), безпечно (safely). (various references)

Vietnamese		nhẹ nhàng (airily, gently, glib, mildly, soft, toilless, tripping, trippingly, velvety), nhẹ (light, mildly, skin-deep). (various references)

Welsh		yn ofalus (carefully, gently). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	leviter. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Mark Chapter 9, Verse 39
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	O de ihsouV eipen mh kwluete auton oudeiV gar estin oV poihsei dunamin epi tw onomati mou kai dunhsetai tacu kakologhsai me
Latin	405	Vulgate	Qui enim non est adversum vos pro vobis est
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða [quoth]. he ne for-beode ge hym nisnan þe on minen namen magen werce & mageraðe be me yfele spræcen.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	He that is not ayens vs, is for vs.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But Iesus sayde forbid him not. For ther is no ma that shall do a miracle in my name that can lightlyge speake evyll of me.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no man who shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But Jesus said, Say not so: for there is no man who will do a great work in my name, and be able at the same time to say evil of me.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Mark Chapter 9, Verse 39
Cebuano	Apan mitubag si Jesus nga nag-ingon, "Ayaw ninyo siya pagdid-i; kay walay bisan kinsa nga magahimog milagro ginamit ang akong ngalan, nga makaako lang dayon sa pagsultig dautan batok kanako.
Croatian	A Isus reèe: "Ne branite mu! Jer nitko ne može uèiniti nešto silno u moje ime pa me ubrzo zatim pogrditi.
Danish	Men Jesus sagde: "Forbyder ham det ikke; thi der er ingen, som gør en kraftig Gerning i mit Navn og snart efter kan tale ilde om mig.
Dutch	Doch Jezus zeide: Verbiedt hem niet; want er is niemand, die een kracht doen zal in Mijn Naam, en haastelijk van Mij zal kunnen kwalijk spreken.
Finnish	Mutta Jeesus sanoi: "Älkää häntä kieltäkö; sillä ei kukaan, joka tekee voimallisen teon minun nimeeni, voi kohta sen jälkeen puhua minusta pahaa.
French	Ne l`en empêchez pas, répondit Jésus, car il n`est personne qui, faisant un miracle en mon nom, puisse aussitôt après parler mal de moi.
Gaelic	Agus thuirt Iosa: Na bacaibh e: oir chan eil aon sam bith, a ni miarailt nam ainmsa, a `s urrainn gu h-ealamh labhairt gu h-olc nam aghaidh:
German	Jesus aber sprach: Ihr sollt's ihm nicht verbieten. Denn es ist niemand, der eine Tat tue in meinem Namen, und möge bald übel von mir reden.
Haitian Creole	Jezi reponn li: -Kite l' non. Paske yon moun ki pran non m' pou fè mirak pa kapab pale m' mal apre sa.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi Yesus berkata, "Jangan melarang dia, sebab tidak seorang pun yang membuat keajaiban atas nama-Ku, dapat langsung menjelek-jelekkan Aku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi kata Yesus, "Jangan dilarangkan dia, karena tiada seorang pun mengadakan mujizat dengan nama-Ku, dan boleh dengan segeranya menjahatkan Aku.
Latvian	Jo kas nav pret jums, tas ir ar jums.
Maori	Na ka mea a ihu, Kaua ia e riria: ki te mea hoki noku te ingoa e mahi merekara ai tetahi, e kore e hohoro tana korero kino moku.
Norwegian	Men Jesus sa: Forbyd ham det ikke! for ingen som gjør en kraftig gjerning i mitt navn, vil snart efter kunne tale ille om mig.
Portuguese	Jesus, porém, respondeu: Não lho proibais; porque ninguém há que faça milagre em meu nome e possa logo depois falar mal de mim;
Rumanian	,,Nu -l opriyi``, a rqspuns Isus, ,,cqci nu este nimeni, care sq facq minuni kn Numele Meu, wi sq Mq poatq grqi de rqu kndatq dupq aceea.
Shuar	Tutai Jesus Tímiayi "Antsu suritkiairap. Shuar winia Náarun pachis tujinkiamun Túrakka, nu shuar wari tsanumprutratniun tujinkiattawai.
Spanish	Pero Jesús dijo: --No se lo prohibáis, porque nadie que haga milagros en mi nombre podrá después hablar mal de mí.
Swahili	Lakini Yesu akasema, "Msimkataze, maana hakuna mtu anayefanya muujiza kwa jina langu, na papo hapo akaweza kusema mabaya juu yangu.
Swedish	Men Jesus sade: "Hindren honom icke; ty ingen som genom mitt namn har gjort en kraftgärning kan strax därefter tala illa om mig.
Uma	Na'uli' Yesus: "Neo' -i ratagi, apa' tauna to mpobabehi anu mobaraka' hante hanga' -ku, uma-ra mpai' kaliliu mporuge' -a.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words ending with "lightly": slightly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Lightly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: lighlty, lightflite, lightley, Lightoler, litely, littly, sightly. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "lightly" (pronounced lī"tlē)
5	l ī" t l ē	politely, slightly.
4	-ī" t l ē	brightly, knightly, forthrightly, nightly, rightly, sprightly, tightly, unsightly, Whitely.
3	-t l ē	abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, jointly, justly, lastly, lately, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, legitimately, leniently, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, smartly, softly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-h-i-l-l-t-y"
	-2 letters: ghyll, gilly, hilly, light, thill.
	-3 letters: gill, gilt, hill, hilt, illy, lilt, lily, till, yill.
	-4 letters: ghi, git, hit, ill, lit, thy, til.
	-5 letters: hi, it, li, ti.
	Words containing the letters "g-h-i-l-l-t-y"
	+1 letter: slightly.
	+2 letters: flightily, haltingly, lengthily, lithology.
	+3 letters: gothically, rightfully, tallyhoing.
	+4 letters: delightedly, frightfully, lightsomely, sightlessly, slightingly, thrillingly.
	+5 letters: delightfully, insightfully, mythological, sprightfully, triglyphical, weightlessly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day
lightly tread	13
go lightly	13
holly go lightly	5
lightly	5
lightly row	4
go lightly candy	3
beetle lightly toasted	2
capital course gain lightly not risked venture	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Moist apple" by Josh Harrison Commentary: "A nice green apple that I sprayed lightly to make it look even more appetising. I made all the background white and added a soft shadow - that looks nice."	"Pregnant Woman and Child (Sepi" by Shawn Sutherland Commentary: "I'm reposting the original in a larger size because so many people seemed to like the original and were bothered by its smaller size. I'm also including some other photos from the series. All are sepia-toned and have been touched up very lightly in Photos"
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Lightly

Definition: Lightly

Lightly

Adverb

Synonyms: Lightly

Crosswords: Lightly

Modern Usage: Lightly

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Familiar Quotations: Lightly

Beaumont and Fletcher

Sophocles

Thomas Paine

Thucydides

Use in Literature: Lightly

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Non-Fiction Usage: Lightly

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Usage Frequency: Lightly

Expressions: Lightly

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lightly

Modern Translation: Lightly

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Ancestral Language Translations: Lightly

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