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▪ I. † ˈlightly, a.1 Obs. rare.
[OE. léohtlic, f. léoht light n. + -lic -ly1.]
Brilliant, lightsome.
a1000Riddles xxx. 3 (Gr.) Lyhtfæt leohtlic listum ᵹeᵹierwed. c1440Hylton Scala Perf. (W. de W. 1494) ii. xxvii, This hundreth folde that a soule shall haue..ys noughte but the profyte of this lightly derkenes.
▪ II. † ˈlightly, a.2 Obs.
Forms: 1 léohtlic, 3 lihtlic(h)e, 4 lightli, 5 liȝtli, lyghtly, 6 lichtlie, 4, 7 lightly.
[OE. léohtlic, f. léoht light a.1 + -lic, -ly1.]
Frivolous, trifling, fickle; to be slighted, contemptible; also contemptuous, slighting; easy, easy to be persuaded. Cf. the senses of light a.1 lightly cheap = light cheap (see light a.1 13 b).
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xliii. 309 Ond eft ðæm ᵹifrum suiðe hrædlice him willað fylᵹan leohtlicu weorc & unnyt. a1225Leg. Kath. 1320 Ah nis nawt lihtliche of þis meidenes mot. a1240Wohunge in Cott. Hom. 273 Ah noble men and gentile and of heh burðe ofte winnen luue lihtlice cheape. a1300Cursor M. 7222 Þis wijf alsua, þat þou has now, If þou ne war sua lightli to tru! Ibid. 28087 To men and wemmen bath i wate, þat oft i helde my lightly late. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 241 Al tymes ette they mettis, wyche ben moiste, lyghtly to defye. c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xx. 24 It is liȝtlier a man ay to be still þan to not excede in wordes. 1533Gau Richt Vay 15 Ony lichtlie takine of ir quhilk men wsis to schaw. 1608J. King Serm. St. Mary's 13 Dauid the sonne of Isai reigned, whose person was not so lightly.
Hence † ˈlightliful a., slighting, contemptuous; † ˈlightliness, contemptuous manner or treatment; contempt.
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. iii. 192 Contemneng his requeistes wt cruel and lychtliful anssers. c1470Henry Wallace xi. 166 In lychtlynes thai maid ansuer him till. 1533Gau Richt Vay 13 Thay that..turnis the halie writ to lichtlines and scorne. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iv. 67 Thay wald not thoill Venus haif lichtlines, Nor repudie.
▪ III. lightly, adv.|ˈlaɪtlɪ|
For forms see light a.1 and -ly2. Also compar. 1 léohtlecor, 3 lihtluker, 4 lihtloker, 5 leyȝtlocure.
[OE. léohtlíce (= OFris. lichtelik, OHG. lîhtlîhho, MHG. lîhtelîche, mod.G. leichtlich, ON. léttlega), f. léoht light a.1 + -ly2.]
In a light manner.
1. With little weight, so as not to be heavy; with little pressure, force, or violence; not strongly or severely; gently, superficially; in both material and immaterial applications.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. xxiv. 179 Ða weras mon sceal hefiᵹlecor & stiðlecor læran, & ða wif leohtlecor. a1300Cursor M. 29419 If clerkes..Smites oþer lightli in gamen. a1400Pistill of Susan (MS. I) 227 [He] lifte lyhtly þe lache, and lepe ouer þe lake. 1483Caxton G. de la Tour lv. E v b, Whiche caused the deuyll fyrst to tempte them lyghtlyer. 1503Hawes Examp. Virtue xii. ii, Come on she sayd and walke on lyghtly. 1611Bible Isa. ix. 1 At the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun. 1635–56Cowley Davideis i. 718 Some [Letters] cut in wood, some lightlier traced on slates. 1680Moxon Mech. Exerc. 208 Try how the Centers are pitcht, by Treading the Treddle lightly down. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) 62 Boil very lightly one spoonful of white Copperas scrap'd. 1812J. Wilson Isle of Palms ii. 452 So lightly doth this little boat Upon the scarce-touch'd billows float. 1818J. W. Croker in C. Papers (1884) 13 July, I must now mention to you..what I have heretofore touched lightly upon. 1857H. B. Farnie Golfer's Manual in Golfiana Misc. (1887) 143 The cleek again is still more lightly shafted. 1874Symonds Sk. Italy & Greece (1898) I. ix. 182 Crimes of bloodshed..sat lightly on the adventurer's conscience. 1883S. C. Hall Retrospect II. 333 The fact must not be passed too lightly over.
b. With reference to sleep (see light a.1 20).
c900tr. Bæda's Hist. iv. xiv. [xi.] (1890) 296 Swa swa he leohtlice onslepte. 1852Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 207, I sleep lightly enough for such emergency.
2. In no great quantity or thickness; to no great amount.
c1000Sax. Leechd. II. 36 Awringe þa wyrta..& ᵹeswet swiþe leohtlice mid huniᵹe. 1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. ii. 157 They are but lightly rewarded. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort. Aug. (1679) 23 You may sow Anemony seeds..&c. lightly cover'd with fit mold in Cases. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. i. §9 Persons lightly dipt, not grain'd in generous Honesty. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xii, I fear me this traveller hath dined but lightly. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 204 Moulds..rubbed lightly over with a solution of soap. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 27 They are lightly clad in summer while at their work. 1898Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 4/3 Birds are so scarce in some districts that they will need to be lightly shot.
†b. In no great degree, slightly. Obs.
1594Shakes. Rich. III, i. iii. 45 They loue his Grace but lightly. 1631A. Craig Pilgrime & Hermite 9 For hee that loues lightliest, Bee sure hee shall speede best. 1659Hammond On Ps. xliii. Paraphr. 227 The Forty third Psalm is exactly of the same mournfull subject..with the former, but perhaps lightly varied from thence. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. Man i. i. 302 If he be at least but lightly skilled in Anatomy. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 425 While yet the Head is Green, or lightly swell'd With Milky-moisture.
3. Without depression or heaviness; in lightsome mood; cheerfully, gaily, merrily.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1012 Who looketh lightly now but Palamon. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 521 ‘It is lyke’, said Schir Rolland, and lichtly he leuch. 1596Harington Metam. Ajax Advt. to Rdr., The first begins grauely and ends lightlye. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. xiv. 138 Bid that welcome Which comes to punish vs, and we punish it Seeming to beare it lightly. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 497 Try to bear lightly what must needs be. 1891E. Peacock N. Brendon II. 313 The old man..chatted lightly with Basil.
4. Easily, readily. Obs. exc. arch. † one cannot lightly, etc. = ‘one cannot well’, etc. Obs.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 49 Þe put ne tuneð noht lihtliche his muð ouer us. a1225Ancr. R. 254 Euerichon to dealed from oðer lihtluker to bersteð. a1340Hampole Psalter ix. 30 Whare men may noght lyghtly see whilk way þai sall take. 1390Gower Conf. II. 461 Whil ther is oyle forto fyre, The lampe is lyhtly set afyre. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. 28 Þay..seiden that lyghtly that myght be done, yf [etc.]. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 27 He wold take a knyght al armed and lyfte hym vp to the heyght of hys breste lyghtly. 1570–6Lambarde Peramb. Kent (1826) 331 It could not lightly blowe more boisterously out of any quarter. 1578Lyte Dodoens i. lxix. 103 A man shall not lightly finde it in this countrey. 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xvii. 53 As we see them play away a piece of Damask at one cast at die, as those that come lightly by them. 1740Chesterfield Lett. (1792) I. lxii. 175 Credulous people believe lightly whatever they hear. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xx, That's lightly said, but no sae lightly credited. 1870Morris Earthly Par. I. ii. 458 As fair was he As any king's son you might lightly see.
Proverb.1624Sanderson Serm. I. 251 The ding-thrift's proverb is, ‘Lightly come, lightly go’. 1898Besant Orange Girl ii. iv, Lightly got, lightly spent.
5. With facile movement, nimbly. † In early use, quickly, swiftly; occas. immediately, at once.
c1220Bestiary 416 Liȝtlike ȝe lepeð up. a1225Ancr. R. 60 Þe earewen of þe liht eien..fleoð lichtliche uorð. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 853 Lyȝtly he rysez & bowez forth fro þe bench in-to þe brode ȝates. c1420Chron. Vilod. 4366 (Horstm.), Ouȝte off his bedde leyȝtlyche he lepe. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 2245 Lightlie she did hir redie make. c1500Melusine xxxvi. 251 Fayre lordes, now lightly on horsback. 15..Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1828) III. 81, I pray you my lord and lady that ye will lightly come... And incontinent the kynge and the queene descended. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxix. (Percy Soc.) 143 This Godfrey Gobilyve went lightly Unto dame Sapience. c1530Hickscorner 624 When you them mete, lyghtly them arest. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 75 Which said, he lightly vaulting off his saddle, drew out his sword.
†6. As may easily happen; probably, perhaps. Obs. [Cf. G. vielleicht, Du. wellicht, perhaps.]
13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 88 Lyȝtly, when I am lest, he letes me alone. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xx. 321 And lightliche oure lorde at here lyues ende Haþ mercy of suche men. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 487 With a spone lightely to ete your souerayne may be leeff. c1491Chast. Goddes Chyld. 2 Some other maters that lightly wyll falle to purpose. 1615T. Adams White Devil 16 Lightly there is one Judas in the congregation to crie ‘Why is this waste?’ 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 105 There happens lightly some ugly little contrary accident.
†b. As is apt to happen; commonly, often. Obs.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 1 Richessis ben perilouse, for liȝtli wole a riche man use hem unto moche lust. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xi. (1495) 116 A beest stryken in the place of the temples dethe lyghtly folowyth. 1535in Lett. R. & Illustr. Ladies (1846) II. 150 He goes to market lightly, one week with another, three times a-week. 1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 219 The beddes heade which lightly is the appointed place for all mens purses. 1601Holland Pliny II. 153 Such as vse ordinarily to be drunk, & are lightly neuer sober. 1615G. Sandys Trav. 75 When he goeth abroad—which is lightly every other Friday. 1637R. Humfrey tr. St. Ambrose i. 44 Where there is leannes, there lightly is pensivenes. 1670Ray Prov. 114 There's lightning lightly before thunder. 1676Allen Address Nonconf. 20 They lightly do in the total..but frustrate and disappoint those ends.
7. a. With indifference or unconcern; carelessly, thoughtlessly, indifferently. b. Depreciatingly, slightingly.
a1225Leg. Kath. 942 In his hali nome ich schal leten lihtlice of al þat ȝe cunnen kasten aȝein me. c1250Gen. & Ex. 1218 Ȝhe bi-mente hire to abraham, And sumdel liȝtlike he it nam. a1300Cursor M. 1650, I sal do þam lij ful lau þat letes sua lightly on min au. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. v. 168 The kynge..lourede vp-on men of lawe and lightliche seide. 1535Coverdale Ps. cvi. 11 They..but lightly regarded the councell of the most hyest. 1577–87Holinshed Chron., Scot. (1808) V. 437 Offended..that such wandering theeues should so lightlie dare to contemne his power. 1611Bible 1 Sam. ii. 30 They that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. 1746Hervey Medit. (1818) 13 Seriousness and devotion become this house for ever. May I never enter it lightly or irreverently. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. v. 119 The Pope lighlty appreciated the bare word of an heretical sovereign. 1832H. Martineau Demerara i. 11 Her sister stared to hear her speak so lightly of being whipped. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 419 The Judges treated this argument very lightly. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 702 Thinking lightly of the possession of gold.
Proverb.a1200Moral Ode 145 Ful wombe mei lihtliche speken of hunger and of festen. c1400Apol. Loll. 49 Þe fulle womb disputiþ litly of fastyng.
8. For a slight cause; without careful consideration, without strong reason.
c1122O.E. Chron. an. 1009 (Laud MS.) Se cyng..& þa ealdor menn..forleton þa scipo þus leohtlice. c1400Melayne 212 Lyghtly walde þey it [the city] noghte ȝelde. c1420Anturs of Arth. 176 Thane wille þay leue the lyghtely, þat nowe wille the lowte. 1535Coverdale Prov. iii. 30 Stryue not lightly with eny man, where as he hath done y⊇ no harme. 1751Affecting Narr. of Wager 9 An Asylum that must not lightly be violated. 1790Burke Corr. (1844) III. 177 These are opinions I have not lightly formed, or that I can lightly quit. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xv. III. 555 He was not a prince against whom men lightly venture to set up a standard of rebellion. 1883Manch. Exam. 17 Dec. 5/1 A warning to judges not lightly to send such suits to be retried.
†9. ‘Not chastely’ (J.). Obs.
a1745Swift Story of an injured Lady (1746) 10 If I were lightly disposed, I could still perhaps have Offers, that some, who hold their Heads higher, would be glad to accept.
10. Comb.
1687Lond. Gaz. No. 2274/4 Lost..a dark grey Gelding..lightly handled. 1798W. Sotheby tr. Wieland's Oberon (1826) I. 76 And clasp'd her lightly-shaded breast beneath. 1860Ruskin Mod. Paint. V. viii. iii. 180 Some lightly-budding philosophers. 1863Woolner My Beautiful Lady 39 Her beauty walks in happier grace Than lightly-moving fawns. 1883‘Annie Thomas’ Mod. Housewife 53 Butter a flat dish and put a layer of lightly-fried bread-crumbs.
▪ IV. lightly, v. Chiefly Sc.|ˈlaɪtlɪ|
For forms see light a.1
[f. lightly a.2]
trans. To make light of, despise, disparage, disdain.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxx. (Theodora) 218 Na heis [þu] þe for riches, to lichtly othyr mare or lese. c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. xi. (Wolf & Sheep) xxii, Thay will lichtlie lordis in to thair deidis. 1513Douglas æneis iv. i. 70 Suppois thow lychtlyit thame of Lybie land. 1584Hudson Du Bartas' Judith i. (1608) 16 His house..That lightlied earth and seem'd to threat the heaven. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 4 To lychtlie thame for that thay ar poore. 1650Row Hist. Kirk Coronis (1842) 422 We doe not lightlie pearls though gathered out of a dung-hill. 1788Burns Whistle & I'll come to you, Whiles ye may lightly my beauty a wee. 1814Scott Wav. lxvii, It's best no to lightly them that have that character. 1880L. B. Walford Troublesome Dau. I. ix. 192, I'd no' hae my ae bairn gang whaur she was lichtlied. 1892Sat. Rev. 9 Jan. 32/1 Of which trinity two at least are to be lightlied by no man.
Hence ˈlightlied ppl. a., ˈlightlying vbl. n.
1470Extracts Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 30 In gret lychtlying and contemnyng of our auctorite. 1528Jas. V in St. Papers Hen. VIII (1836) IV. 500 To be confortit and ressavit within his Realme to our hurt lychtlying and displesour. 1826G. Beattie John o' Arnha' (ed. 5) 19 They'd gar'd a lightliet lover greet. |