Lighty

adv, name, noun, slang

adv, name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young man; a boy. South-Africa, slang
Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lightly; however, more often a misspelling of lightly. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

    "That heart, she said, is lighty priz'd, / Which is too lighty won; / And long shall rue that easy maid / Who yields her love too soon."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
illuminatedinlightedlightedlitluminous

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"That heart, she said, is lighty priz'd, / Which is too lighty won; / And long shall rue that easy maid / Who yields her love too soon."

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