Lightly is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for LIGHTLY in dictionary:

VERB:
• to slight or make light of, also LICHTLY
• With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
• Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
• Without deep impression.
• In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
• With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
• Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
• Commonly; usually.
• Without dejection; cheerfully.
• Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
• Not chastely; wantonly.
• belittle
ADVERB:
• gently, delicately or softly
• in relatively small amounts or in low density; sparingly
• in a way that is not serious or solemn; carelessly
• without severe punishment; leniently
• in a light way
• without good reason
• with few burdens
• with little weight or force
• indulging with temperance
• with indifference or without dejection
• in a small quantity or extent
• to a slight degree
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to a moderate degree

Words related to LIGHTLY

light9 lightlied14 lightlies13 lightlying18

Words that contain LIGHTLY

slightly15 lightlying18

How to use LIGHTLY in a sentence

• As her hand lay lightly on my arm I did not think of my triumph, being wholly taken up with the admiration of her grace.
• The seeds being small, they are lightly covered with earth, and then the surface is pressed down with a flat instrument used for the purpose.
• Whatever the ultimate effects of decreasing the demand for unskilled labour might be, the misery of the immediate effects could not be lightly set aside.
• Without a sound one end went slowly under water and the farther end appeared lightly braced against the overhanging willows.
• Rub in very lightly with the tips of the fingers, add pinch pepper and salt, and mix to a soft dough with a little water.
• In the assembly room the dance began, and fairy forms glided through the floor, lightly, silently, as a falling blossom embraceth the earth.
• He could no longer address as Sandy one who earned two dollars as lightly as this.
• Should she float during the succeeding day, they would increase the chances of a rescue, and they offered an advantage not to be lightly thrown away.
• She moved lightly and silently, and looked around her with a long-searching gaze, like that of a cat, and her general appearance conveyed an idea of hunger and wicked ferocity.
• He described the events lightly, not omitting those parts which appealed to him as being very near to comedy.
• Holding her torch aloft, she began to dance in and out among the three fires as lightly as a wandering night breeze.
• Chance placed her next to me, in forming the ring, and her right hand lay lightly upon my left.
• Teach them from the first self-reverence in touch, as in word and deed, and watch even their attitudes in sleep, that the little arms are folded lightly upwards.
• She sat up in bed remembering the dream, and then jumped lightly to the floor.
• Roll lightly until one inch thick, cut in rounds and bake in a hot oven for 15 or 20 minutes.
• She ran lightly down the outside cabin steps, her broom still in her hand.
• So he kissed the young mother and the boy at her side and rode lightly away with a laugh upon his lips, to fall as lightly in the mad charge of cavalry at Brandy Station.
• A bitterly cold wind rushed down the gorge, extremely trying to all, lightly clad as we were in anticipation of the climb before us.
• It was a handsome head, with a cap and feather, with gold-brown hair lightly clustering, and a countenance of spirit and daring with something subtle rubbed in.
• And far above her, perched lightly but firmly in a swaying fork of the oak, was a long-legged little girl of twelve.
• I sailed from the head of the staircase with a twenty foot leap and landed lightly beside him.
• His essay touched but lightly on this particular marvel.
• He did not regard so lightly as Pencroft the results of an eruption.
• Briggs fled lightly, but swiftly four tents down the line and disappeared into his own quarters.
• The nicest way is to butter it lightly, then set it in a hot oven to brown delicately, or fry in hot fat.
• It must not be supposed that this gold is lightly earned.
• There was one part of her experience, however, that Elizabeth passed over lightly, and that was the meeting with George Trescott Benedict.
• And I do not take it lightly, for my woman must be more to me than most women mean to most men.
• He ran lightly up the steps of the academy and inquired for Miss May.

Similar words containing LIGHT without suffix ly

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