Lightly

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adv Commonly; usually.

II. Lightly ·adv Not chastely; wantonly.

III. Lightly ·adv Without deep impression.

IV. Lightly ·adv Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.

V. Lightly ·adv Without dejection; cheerfully.

VI. Lightly ·adv In a small degree; slightly; not severely.

VII. Lightly ·adv Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.

VIII. Lightly ·adv Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.

IX. Lightly ·adv With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.

X. Lightly ·adv With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.