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Meaning of lightly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  lightly
      adv 1: without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly"
      2: with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" [syn:
         {lightly}, {light}]
      3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the
         forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}, {gently}]
      4: indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning"
         [ant: {hard}, {heavily}, {intemperately}]
      5: with indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly"
      6: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly
         over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: {thinly},
         {lightly}] [ant: {thickly}]
      7: to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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