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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Lightly \Light"ly\, adv. 1. With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly. [1913 Webster] Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Swiftly; nimbly; with agility. [1913 Webster] So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly sail. --R. of Brunne. [1913 Webster] Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me word. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 3. Without deep impression. [1913 Webster] The soft ideas of the cheerful note, Lightly received, were easily forgot. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 4. In a small degree; slightly; not severely. [1913 Webster] At the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously afflict her. --Is. ix. 1. [1913 Webster] 5. With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily. [1913 Webster] That lightly come, shall lightly go. --Old Proverb. [1913 Webster] They come lightly by the malt, and need not spare it. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 6. Without reason, or for reasons of little weight. [1913 Webster] Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or lightly appear before great personages. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 7. Commonly; usually. [Obs.] --Bp. Fisher. [1913 Webster] The great thieves of a state are lightly the officers of the crown. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 8. Without dejection; cheerfully. "Seeming to bear it lightly." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily. [1913 Webster] Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly. --Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.]. [1913 Webster] 10. Not chastely; wantonly. --Swift. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: lightly adv 1: without good reason; "one cannot say such things lightly" 2: with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" [syn: {lightly}, {light}] 3: with little weight or force; "she kissed him lightly on the forehead" [syn: {lightly}, {softly}, {gently}] 4: indulging with temperance; "we eat lightly in the morning" [ant: {hard}, {heavily}, {intemperately}] 5: with indifference or without dejection; "he took it lightly" 6: in a small quantity or extent; "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly" [syn: {thinly}, {lightly}] [ant: {thickly}] 7: to a slight degree; "her speech is only lightly accented"