lightly

Definition:
1. Without good reason.
2. With few burdens.
3. With little weight or force.
4. Indulging with temperance.
5. With indifference or without dejection.
6. In a small quantity or extent.
7. To a slight degree.

Use 'lightly' in a sentence:

• 1. Lightly flour a rolling pin.
• 2. This is not a problem we should take lightly.
• 3. The fourth time, he groped a little further, and his hand lightly swept against something soft and warm.
• 4. Lightly knead the mixture on a floured surface.
• 5. 'Stop it,' he said, and nudged the boy lightly with his knee.
• 6. She kissed him lightly on both cheeks.
• 7. Line the base of the dish with greaseproof paper and lightly grease the sides.
• 8. One of the accused got off lightly in exchange for pleading guilty to withholding information from Congress.
• 9. Lightly spritz your hair with water.
• 10. I lightly trailed my hand over the perfect muscles of his arm, followed the faint pattern of bluish veins inside the crease at his elbow.
• 11. "I forgot," said Wendy lightly.
• 12. She growled and sprang at the boy, who leapt lightly through the window.
• 13. Lightly dust the fish with flour.
• 14. Use the pointy end to lightly draw circles around, but not quite touching his headlights.
• 15. She ran lightly across the grass, pushed open the slow old door and slipped through it under the ivy.
• 16. Score lightly at first and then repeat, scoring deeper each time until the board is cut through.
• 17. He leaned down and kissed her lightly on the mouth.
• 18. She cuffed him lightly around his head.
• 19. If they take this game lightly they could end up with egg on their faces.
• 20. "O, I have girls," said Toad lightly: "twenty girls or thereabouts, always at work."
• 21. Despite his bulk he moved lightly on his feet.
• 22. Someone was tapping lightly at the door.
• 23. The professor will penalize lightly for late assignments.
• 24. You treat the matter too lightly.
• 25. I never found out because her hands were working lightly across my buttocks towards my perineum.
• 26. He walks as lightly as possible, almost on tiptoe, in order not to wear out his heels in too short a time.
• 27. Rake the soil, press the seed into it, then cover it lightly.
• 28. She laid the baby down lightly on the bed and left the room quietly.
• 29. Bake the biscuits for 20-25 minutes, until the tops are lightly browned.
• 30. "Once a detective, always a detective," he said lightly.
• 31. He lightly touched my forehead.
• 32. 'I'll be all right,' he said lightly.
• 33. He would dive under one obstacle, round another, and lightly step over a third.
• 34. The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly.
• 35. She tended to sleep lightly nowadays.
• 36. Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface.
• 37. These threats are not to be taken lightly.
• 38. Toast the bread lightly on both sides.
• 39. Puppets need the ground only to glance against lightly, like elves, and through this momentary check to renew the swing of their limbs.
• 40. He kissed her lightly on the mouth.
• 41. Break the eggs into a shallow bowl and beat them lightly.
• 42. I touched him lightly on the arm.
• 43. It began to snow lightly.
• 44. She found it impossible to eat lightly.
• 45. They let us off lightly.
• 46. He was dozing lightly in his chair.
• 47. He took a handkerchief from his pocket and lightly wiped his mouth.
• 48. Most plants prefer to be lightly shaded from direct, hot sunlight.
• 49. He kissed her lightly on the cheek.
• 50. Lightly score the surface of the steaks with a knife.