Definition of Lightly

Light´ly
adv.1.With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
2.Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly sail.
- R. of Brunne.
Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me word.
- Tennyson.
3.Without deep impression.
4.In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
5.With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
That lightly come, shall lightly go.
- Old Proverb.
They come lightly by the malt, and need not spare it.
- Sir W. Scott.
6.Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
7.Commonly; usually.
The great thieves of a state are lightly the officers of the crown.
- B. Jonson.
8.Without dejection; cheerfully.
9.Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly.
- Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].
10.Not chastely; wantonly.


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