lightly

adv.

1. With little weight or force; gently.
2. To a slight extent or amount: apply paint lightly.
3. 1. With little difficulty; easily.
   2. With agility and grace; nimbly.
4. 1. In a carefree manner; cheerfully: took the news lightly.
   2. Without sufficient care or consideration; indifferently: treated the situation much too lightly.

adv

Definition: gently, effortlessly
Antonyms: effortfully, hard, heavily

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IN BRIEF: adv. - To a slight degree; With little weight or force.

That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. — Unknown

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The adverb has 7 meanings:

Meaning #1: without good reason
  Derived from adjective: light (meaning #5)

Meaning #2: with few burdens
  Synonym: light
  Derived from adjective: light (meaning #1)

Meaning #3: with little weight or force
  Synonyms: softly, gently

Meaning #4: indulging with temperance
  Antonym: heavily (meaning #6)
  Derived from adjective: light (meaning #17)

Meaning #5: with indifference or without dejection
  Derived from adjective: light (meaning #5)

Meaning #6: in a small quantity or extent
  Synonym: thinly

Meaning #7: to a slight degree
  Derived from adjective: light (meaning #4)

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - let, blidt, lidt, forsigtigt, muntert, sorgløst, letsindigt, skødesløst, uden videre, ligegyldigt, på en skødesløs måde

idioms:

• get off lightly    slippe let fra noget
• take lightly    tage let på

Nederlands (Dutch)
licht, lichtvoetig, luchtig

Français (French)
adv. - légèrement, délicatement, à bon compte, avec désinvolture

idioms:

• get off lightly    s'en tirer à bon compte
• take lightly    prendre à la légère

Deutsch (German)
adv. - leicht, leichthin, leichtfertig, behend

idioms:

• get off lightly    glimpflich davonkommen
• take lightly    etwas auf die leichte Schulter nehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ελαφρά/-ώς, αβασάνιστα, απερίσκεπτα, απαλά

idioms:

• get off lightly    τη γλιτώνω φτηνά
• take lightly    παίρνω κάτι ελαφρά

Italiano (Italian)
leggermente

idioms:

• get off lightly    cavarsela con poco
• take lightly    prendere alla leggera

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - ligeiramente, levemente, levianamente

idioms:

• get off lightly    conseguir se safar
• take lightly    fazer algo sem pensar

Русский (Russian)
слегка, проворно, не задумываясь

idioms:

• get off lightly    выйти из неприятного положения с минимальным ущербом
• take lightly    не принимать всерьез

Español (Spanish)
adv. - ligeramente, levemente

idioms:

• get off lightly    escapar casi indemne, tratar con indulgencia
• take lightly    tomar algo a la ligera

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - lätt, försiktigt, flyktigt, sorglöst, glatt, ytligt, tanklöst, lättsinnigt, utan vägande skäl

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
轻轻地, 轻微地, 轻快地, 敏捷地, 少量地, 稍微地, 轻松地

idioms:

• get off lightly    轻轻放过某人
• take lightly    等闲视之

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 輕輕地, 輕微地, 輕快地, 敏捷地, 少量地, 稍微地, 輕鬆地

idioms:

• get off lightly    輕輕放過某人
• take lightly    等閒視之

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 무게를 가하지 않고, 민첩하게, 손쉽게, 명랑하게, 약간

idioms:

• get off lightly    가벼운 징벌을 가하다
• take lightly    경솔히 받아들이다

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - 軽く, 少しばかり, 柔らかに, 敏捷に, たやすく, 軽率に, 軽んじて, 陽気に

idioms:

• get off lightly    すばやく降りる
• take lightly    気楽に考える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) برفق, بسهوله أو يسر, قليلا, برشاقه, بلا مبالاة, بإستخفاف, بمرح, بطيش, بإستهتار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בקלות, בעדינות, בזלזול‬

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