Deviled and Lightly
(imp.&p.p.) of Devil.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adverb
- Without good reason.
- usage: "one cannot say such things lightly"
- With few burdens.
- usage: "experienced travellers travel light"
- synonyms: light
- With little weight or force.
- usage: "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"
- Indulging with temperance.
- usage: "we eat lightly in the morning"
- With indifference or without dejection.
- usage: "he took it lightly"
- In a small quantity or extent.
- usage: "spread the margarine thinly over the meat"; "apply paint lightly"
- synonyms: thinly
- To a slight degree.
- usage: "her speech is only lightly accented"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (adv.) Commonly; usually.
- (adv.) In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
- (adv.) Without deep impression.
- (adv.) With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
- (adv.) Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
- (adv.) Without reason or for reasons of little weight.
- (adv.) With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.
- (adv.) Not chastely; wantonly.
- (adv.) Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
- (adv.) Without dejection; cheerfully.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary