Need another word that means the same as “lightly”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “lightly” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Lightly” are: thinly, light, gently, softly, faintly, delicately, sparingly, slightly, sparsely, moderately, easily, leniently, mildly, carelessly, airily, readily, heedlessly, unthinkingly, thoughtlessly, flippantly, breezily
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lightly” as an adverb can have the following definitions:
| airily | In a flippant manner. He was airily dismissive of the question. |
| breezily | In a breezy manner. |
| carelessly | In a rakish manner. Roadsides are full of litter thrown carelessly by passers by. |
| delicately | In a delicate manner. That s a sensitive issue that has to be approached delicately. |
| easily | With ease easy is sometimes used informally for easily. He won easily. |
| faintly | In a faint manner; indistinctly. His faintly ridiculous air. |
| flippantly | In a flippant manner. He answered the reporters questions flippantly. |
| gently | With only gradual inclines. He talked gently to the injured animal. |
| heedlessly | Without care or concern. |
| leniently | In a permissively lenient manner. He felt incensed that Tarrant should have been treated so leniently given his crime. |
| light | With few burdens. Experienced travellers travel light. |
| mildly | To a slight extent. He had suffered mildly from the illness since he was 23. |
| moderately | To a moderately sufficient extent or degree. Growth continues moderately. |
| readily | Without delay or difficulty; easily. He readily admits that the new car surpasses its predecessors. |
| slightly | In a slim or slender manner. They are all slightly different. |
| softly | Used as a direction in music to be played relatively softly. He whispered softly in my ear. |
| sparingly | In a restricted or infrequent manner; in small quantities. The sharply flavoured leaves should be used sparingly. |
| sparsely | In a sparse manner. A sparsely populated region. |
| thinly | With few parts or people relative to the area covered or filled; sparsely. Thinly sliced potatoes. |
| thoughtlessly | Showing thoughtlessness. He stared thoughtlessly at the picture. |
| unthinkingly | In a thoughtless manner. |
| barely | In a sparse or scanty way. They had barely sat down before forty policemen swarmed in. |
| bit | The cutting part of a drill usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press. You could see everything All her bits. |
| calmly | In a sedate manner. He spoke slowly and calmly. |
| croon | Hum or sing in a soft, low voice, especially in a sentimental manner. The female vocalist crooned smoky blues into the microphone. |
| disperse | Denoting a phase dispersed in another phase as in a colloid. The prism disperses light. |
| dissipation | Breaking up and scattering by dispersion. The dissipation of the country s mineral wealth. |
| dissolution | The process of going into solution. Minerals susceptible to dissolution. |
| distributed | (of a computer system) spread over several machines, especially over a network. The figures of syllogisms all have properly distributed middle terms. |
| flexibility | The quality of being adaptable or variable. I enjoyed the flexibility of the schedule. |
| gently | With a mild, kind, or tender manner. Gently pat your skin dry. |
| handed | Having or involving the use of hands. A handed tree living animal. |
| knead | Make bread or pottery by kneading flour or clay. She kneaded his back. |
| levity | The treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect. As an attempt to introduce a note of levity the words were a disastrous flop. |
| loosely | In a way that is not strict or exact. You shouldn t speak loosely outside the group. |
| looseness | Movement or space for movement. Misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression. |
| meagerly | To a meager degree or in a meager manner. These voices are meagerly represented at the conference. |
| mild | Humble in spirit or manner suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness. Fortunately the pain was mild. |
| mildly | In a mild or gentle manner. He had suffered mildly from the illness since he was 23. |
| nibble | Bite off very small pieces. She never eats a full meal she just nibbles. |
| profligacy | Licentious or dissolute behaviour. The emperor s sexual profligacy. |
| quietly | With little or no activity or no agitation quiet is a nonstandard variant for quietly. She spoke quietly to the child. |
| rarely | Not often. We rarely met. |
| rustle | A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind. There was a rustle in the undergrowth behind her. |
| scarce | Scarcely. Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave. |
| scatter | The scattering of light other electromagnetic radiation or particles. Scatter the coconut over the icing. |
| soft | Soft and mild not harsh or stern or severe. I can just speak soft and she ll hear me. |
| softly | Used as a direction in music to be played relatively softly. John kissed Cynthia softly and tenderly. |
| sparsely | In a thinly dispersed manner; in small numbers. A sparsely furnished apartment. |
| tapping | The sound of light blow or knock. Crews heard tapping from deep underground. |
| whisper | A soft or confidential tone of voice a whispered word or phrase. He didn t show even a whisper of interest. |
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