Don't behave lightly.
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Lightly
//ˈlaɪtli//
Synonyms for "lightly" (89 found)
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Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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Antonyms
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1 entriesderived
7 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- թեթևակի adv (in a light manner)
Bulgarian
2 entries- леко adv (in a light manner)
- несериозно adv (in a light manner)
Catalan
1 entries- lleugerament adv (in a light manner)
Czech
1 entries- lehce adv (in a light manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- malpeze adv (in a light manner)
Faroese
1 entries- lættliga adv (in a light manner)
Finnish
1 entries- kevyesti adv (in a light manner)
French
1 entries- légèrement adv (in a light manner)
Galician
1 entries- lixeiramente adv (in a light manner)
German
1 entries- leicht adv (in a light manner)
Italian
3 entries- alla leggera adv (in a light manner)
- in maniera superficiale adv (in a light manner)
- superficialmente adv (in a light manner)
Latin
1 entries- leviter adv (in a light manner)
Polish
1 entries- lekko adv (in a light manner)
Portuguese
2 entries- levemente adv (in a light manner)
- levianamente adv (in a light manner)
Russian
2 entries- легко́ adv (in a light manner)
- слегка́ adv (in a light manner)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लघु adv (in a light manner)
Slovak
1 entries- ľahko adv (in a light manner)
Spanish
1 entries- ligeramente adv (in a light manner)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I dress lightly all the time.
Source: tatoeba (253156)
The girls were dancing lightly like so many butterflies.
Source: tatoeba (267828)
She therefore came up on this side, opened her own window and tapped her horn lightly to draw attention to the fact that she was there.
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