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.
