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1. lightly
adverb. ['ˈlaɪtli'] with few burdens.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ly (English)
- -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Lightly
- forthrightly
- unsightly
- sprightly
- politely
- whitely
- whiteley
- stitely
- brightly
- tightly
- rightly
- nightly
- knightly
Sentences with lightly
1. Adverb
Push your thumb lightly against the belt and measure the movement with a ruler.
Quotes about lightly
1. Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
- Rabindranath Tagore
2. It's your outlook on life that counts. If you take yourself lightly and don't take yourself too seriously, pretty soon you can find the humor in our everyday lives. And sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
- Betty White
3. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud...
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi