Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Lightly.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Lightly and, of course, Lightly synonyms and on the right images related to the word Lightly.
Lightly
Lightly Light"ly, adv.
1. With little weight; with little force; as, to tread
lightly; to press lightly.
Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest,
And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast.
--Pope.
Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched
lightly. --Milton.
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.
The soft ideas of the cheerful note, Lightly
received, were easily forgot. --Prior.
4. In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
At the first he lightly afflicted the land of
Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously
afflict her. --Is. ix. 1.
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.
Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or
lightly appear before great personages. --Jer.
Taylor.
7. Commonly; usually. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher.
The great thieves of a state are lightly the
officers of the crown. --B. Jonson.
8. Without dejection; cheerfully. ``Seeming to bear it
lightly.' --Shak.
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. --Swift.
Meaning of Lightly from wikipedia
-
Tread Lightly! is a
nonprofit organization based in Centerville, Utah,
whose mission is to
promote responsible recreation through stewardship, education...
-
Amelia Golightly was the
presenter of a three-minute
parody of RTÉ's A
Prayer at Bedtime, (a late
night TV spot
which was
overtly Christian in presentation)...
-
Butter is a
dairy product made from the fat and
protein components of
churned cream. It is a semi-solid
emulsion at room temperature,
consisting of approximately...
-
dancing shoes which Starr would use on "Step
Lightly". He then
recorded "You're Sixteen" and "Step
Lightly" with Nilsson;
McCartney also
appears imitating...
- Step
Lightly is an
album by
American trumpeter Blue Mitc****
featuring his
first session recorded for the Blue Note
label in 1963 but not
released until...
- "Not
Given Lightly" is a song by New
Zealand singer-songwriter
Chris Knox. It was
released in 1989 and is
among Knox's best
known songs.
While the song...
- Ella
Swings Lightly is a 1958
studio album by the
American jazz
singer Ella Fitzgerald,
recorded with the
Marty Paich Dek-tette. Ella also
worked with...
-
Transatlantic Records BIG 126)
December 1972 — "Child of Allah" b/w "Lady Go
Lightly" (Philips
Records 6006 259) DeRogatis, Jim (2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four...
-
website Sellaband with the
raised US$50,000. The
Sample - 2000 (2006). Step
Lightly (Create Out Loud) (2007). Life Is
Music (2013). The Way I Feel (Available...
-
another small container,
placed in a
water bath or bain-marie and
gently or
lightly cooked just
below boiling temperature. They can be
partially cooked, mostly...
