lightly
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- r without good reason
one cannot say such things lightly - r with few burdens
- r with little weight or force
she kissed him lightly on the forehead - r indulging with temperance
we eat lightly in the morning - r with indifference or without dejection
he took it lightly - r in a small quantity or extent
apply paint lightly - r to a slight degree
her speech is only lightly accented
- You marvel at how lightly he addresses his displeasuresPercy's book is like Sartre's Nausea without the nausea.
- Many Americans want to believe that there are people on whom race sits very lightly, people whose very hybridism suggests the possibility of transcending race.
- Your eyes do not deceive you: that sleek slab levitating in midair is in fact a bed, and it is floating unsupported--though lightly tethered at its four corners--16 in.