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Sentence example with the word 'lightly'
lightly
a bit, capriciously, faintly, hands down, inappreciably, like nothing, not hardly, remissly, slightly, trivially, with good cheer
Definition
adv.
without good reason
Last update: September 13, 2015
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She touched the child
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The accused got off
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He took her remarks very
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He bent his head and brushed her lips
lightly
with his own.
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He had laid his hand
lightly
on Cosette's mouth.
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Old men sleep
lightly
; M.
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She sighed, ever so
lightly
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But the night sat
lightly
upon the sea and the land.
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(He jumped up quickly and
lightly
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He broke off and lathered again
lightly
his farther cheek.
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Its ferrule followed
lightly
on the path, squealing at his heels.
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