as in easily
without difficulty
you're not going to get off lightly if they catch you!
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Recent Examples of lightly
Keep figs moist, feed lightly and maintain a mulch to avoid summer fruit drop.
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
This interview transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 24 June 2025
Pieces include a visor, golf bag and lightly padded vest featuring a multi-tweed material, knit dresses in sporty silhouettes, and a cotton T-shirt showcasing a 1970s St. John embroidery alongside Malbon’s logo.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Their November and December fixtures look tricky, to put it lightly, with a three-game run against Liverpool, Manchester City (both away) and Newcastle United enough to put them off their Advent chocolates.
—Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2025
This interview transcript has been lightly edited for length and clarity.
—Michel Martin, NPR, 24 June 2025
Pieces include a visor, golf bag and lightly padded vest featuring a multi-tweed material, knit dresses in sporty silhouettes, and a cotton T-shirt showcasing a 1970s St. John embroidery alongside Malbon’s logo.
—Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 June 2025
Their November and December fixtures look tricky, to put it lightly, with a three-game run against Liverpool, Manchester City (both away) and Newcastle United enough to put them off their Advent chocolates.
—Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightly
Adverb
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Going with that kind of character would have been easier, and she might have been better received or more easily accepted by fans from the start.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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The legislation also paves the way for foreign nationals who have fought alongside Ukrainian forces to be granted citizenship more easily.—
Isabel van Brugen,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Adverb
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Why should they be expected to leave easy 340B money on the table?—
Ge Bai,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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The Clifton 10 is still a Hoka with its fat midsole, but that performance feature is becoming stylistically mainstream, and all that cushioning makes day-long walking easy.—
Lisa Jhung,
Outside Online,
16 June 2025
Adverb
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Our results demonstrate that while there is some value to the equations for general trends, specific values may be substantially wrong or at least carry major uncertainty, when an animal is moving freely over compliant substrates.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 June 2025
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With rising anxieties around where Black New Yorkers can freely gather comes a pressure for organizers.—
Essence,
Essence,
24 June 2025
Adverb
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California needs a new model that can adapt to unpredictable conditions and store supplies efficiently.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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As a result, the system will not work properly or efficiently.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
30 June 2025
Adverb
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Despite the program’s struggles over the past decade, upward mobility in the conference is readily available.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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The country’s crippled economy also forced her to become resourceful by incorporating materials that were locally sourced and readily available into her works.—
Hung Duong,
Artforum,
18 June 2025
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“Lightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightly. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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