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Lightly

//ˈlaɪtli//

Synonyms for "lightly" (87 found)

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General use (80)

Adverb(4 words)

light gently softly thinly

Adverb(58 words)

simply scarcely superficially slightly happily barely readily smoothly pleasantly hopefully cheerfully gladly insignificantly inadvertently unreasonably imperfectly joyfully minimally effortlessly faintly

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Adv, intj(1 words)

Adj, adv(3 words)

weakly minutely freely

Adv, det, pron(1 words)

without rhyme or reason by a hair by an ace ever so little just a bit tant soit peu on easy terms like nothing without difficulty with good cheer

Adv, noun(1 words)

Prep_phrase(1 words)

Adv, verb(1 words)

Informal (7)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, det, name, noun, pron, slang(1 words)

Adv, slang(4 words)

easily swimmingly not hardly no sweat

Adv, pron, slang(1 words)

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