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单词 lightly
释义 lightly
I. lightly adverb
Etymology: Middle English lihtly, lightly, from Old English lēohtlīce, from lēohtlīc, adjective, light, from lēoht light + -līc -ly (adjective suffix) — more at light (not heavy)
1. : with little weight : with little force or pressure : not heavily or severely : buoyantly, gently
 < wearing its mantle of history lightly — Richard Joseph >
 < lightly kneaded to produce a fine texture — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
 < that odd superstition that the dead sleep lightly — Margery Allingham >
 < these sixty years he wears lightly — I.A.Gordon >
 < the little boat floated lightly on the sea >
2. : in a small degree or quantity : to no great extent or amount
 < land lightly wooded with a varied growth — American Guide Series: Louisiana >
 < lightly infected with the disease, recovering quite promptly — Morris Fishbein >
 < lightly damaged >
 < lightly fried eggs >
3. : with little effort or difficulty : easily, readily
 < did not get off so lightly — Jean Stafford >
 < much more deeply rooted and much less lightly resolved — Marjorie Grene >
4. : with agility : nimbly, swiftly
 < leaped lightly over the extended tongues of wagons and buggies — Sherwood Anderson >
5. : without strong cause or reason
 < the experiment which had so nearly ended in disaster was not to be lightly repeated — J.T.McNish >
 < not a man to propose anything lightly — Bernard DeVoto >
6. : with indifference or lack of care : slightingly, unconcernedly
 < she says it lightly but she means it — Walter Havighurst >
 < a terrific responsibility, and one that we do not take lightlyNew York Times Magazine >
7. : without dejection : cheerfully, gaily
 < an end that shall lightly and joyfully meet its translation — Walt Whitman >
 < not his words, for they were spoken lightly enough — J.E.Simmons >
II. light·ly \ˈliḵtli\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: Middle English (Scots) lightlien, from lihtly, lightly frivolous, from Old English lēohtlīc light
chiefly Scotland : to make light of : treat slightingly : belittle
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