单词 | lightly |
释义 | lightly (once / 227 pages) 1adv 2adv WORD FAMILY light: light-colored, lighted, lighten, lighter, lightest, lighting, lightless, lightly, lightness, lights, lightsome+/enlighten: enlightened, enlightening, enlightenment, enlightens/enlightened: enlightenedest, enlightenedly, unenlightened/enlightening: enlighteningly, unenlightening/enlightenment: enlightenments, unenlightenment/lighted: unlighted/lighten: enlighten, lightened, lightening, lightens/lightening: lightenings/lighter: lighterage, lightered, lightering, lighters/lighting: lightings/lightless: lightlessness/lightness: lightnesses/lightsome: lightsomely, lightsomeness, lightsomer, lightsomest USAGE EXAMPLESI try not to use the word “hate” lightly in my life, but it would be fair to say I hate them all. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) A gentle and wry bow-tied lawyer and stalwart of countless civic boards, Tom Lewis wears his gentility lightly. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) His friends say his only snack at night is seven lightly salted almonds. New York Times(Jul 02, 2016) 1 1adv with little weight or force she kissed him lightly on the forehead Syn gently, softly 2adv to a slight degree her speech is only lightly accented 3adv in a small quantity or extent apply paint lightly Syn|Ant thinly thickly with thickness; in a thick manner 4adv with few burdens Syn light 5adv indulging with temperance 2we eat lightly in the morning Ant hard, heavily, intemperately indulging excessively 1adv with indifference or without dejection he took it lightly 2adv without good reason one cannot say such things lightly |
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