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語源

From 中期英語 lyghtly, liȝtliche, lihtliche, from 古期英語 lēohtlīċe, equivalent to light +‎ -ly.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlaɪtli/
• 韻: -aɪtli

副詞

lightly (comparative lightlier or more lightly, superlative lightliest or most lightly)

1. In a light manner.

   As a teacher, I don't take rudeness in class lightly.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

   • 1958 November, “Storm Damage in the Home Counties”, in Railway Magazine, page 746:

     In the Southern Region of British Railways, most of the damage was caused by earthslips which blocked one or both roads. Obstructions occurred at 21 places in the London Eastern District, and at 18 places in London Central District. On the other hand, the London Western District escaped comparatively lightly.

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参照

• “lightly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lightly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.