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单词 lightly
释义
lightly
adverb
uk
/ˈlaɪt.li/us
/ˈlaɪt.li/

lightlyadverb(GENTLY)

B1
gently:
轻轻地；稍稍地
Shepattedhim lightly on theshoulder.她轻轻地拍了拍他的肩膀。
C1
Iffoodis lightlycooked, it iscookedfor only ashorttime:
稍微（烹调）一下；嫩（炒）地
lightlycookedvegetables烧得很嫩的蔬菜
More examples
  • Dust thefacelightly withpowder.
  • I likeeggslightlycookedso that theyolkis stillrunny.
  • Hetouchedme lightly on thecheek.
  • Dab thepainton lightly.
  • Sheappliedthemake-uplightly.
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  • ascetically
  • asceticism
  • be in command (ofyourself)idiom
  • boundary
  • get a grip (onyourself)idiom
  • go easyidiom
  • go steady onsomethingidiom
  • grip
  • mind over matteridiom
  • puritanism
  • restrained
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restrictyourselftosomething
  • stint
  • temperance
  • undignified
  • willpower
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Preparing food using heat

lightlyadverb(NOT SERIOUSLY)

If you say something lightly, you are notseriouswhen you say it:
轻松地，随便地；不严肃地
"Anyway, it won'taffectme because I'mleaving," she said lightly.“不管怎么说，这对我都没什么影响，因为我就要走了，”她很轻松地说。
not dosomethinglightly
C2
If something is not said ortreatedlightly, it is said ortreatedin aseriousway, aftergreatthought:
不可草率对待，不能忽视
Accusations like these from atopministerare notmadelightly.高级部长提出这样的指控不可等闲视之。
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  • amusingly
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  • joker
  • jokester
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  • photobomb
  • photobombing
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • rib-tickling
  • ridiculous
  • scream
  • uproarious
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lightlyadverb(NOT SEVERELY)

get off lightly; letsomeoneoff lightly
to bepunishedor topunishsomeone lessseverelythan might have beenexpected:
得到从轻判罚；对（某人）从轻判罚
Ithinkhe got offquitelightlyconsideringit's his thirddrivingoffence.这已经是他第3次违法驾驶了，我觉得对他罚得太轻了。
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  • diversion
  • get away with murderidiom
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  • get off lightlyphrase
  • hook
  • impunity
  • let
  • letsomeoneoff
  • off the hookidiom
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  • royal pardon
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(Definition oflightlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

lightly| American Dictionary

lightly
adverb
us
/ˈlɑɪt·li/

lightlyadverb(NOT SERIOUSLY)

withoutseriousconsideration:
Funding forpublicschoolsis something I don't take lightly.

lightlyadverb(NOT A LOT)

Iffoodis lightlycooked, it iscookedfor only ashorttime.
(Definition oflightlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflightly

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Just before pouring, however, it was decidedlightlyto reinforce the church's wall-cores - at $4000 extra cost.
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The seriously polluted advanced regions are coastal, and thelightlypolluted under-developed regions are all landlocked.
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For reprimands, alightlyadmonishing tone was used, appropriate to the meaning of the reprimand.
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But, this is another empirical question that should not be dismissedlightly.
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The coherence criterion should not be dismissedlightly.
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The sustained hostility of employers to trade unions had ensured that workers could notlightlyassociate with them.
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A similar team of twenty commandos was to take the radio station, which waslightlyguarded.
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Such extensive mistakes suggest that those parts of the book werelightlyresearched.
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Although churches face many challenges, not least attracting younger members, they should not passlightlyover their obligations to their older members.
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In the distance a muffled noise announces the approach of the hurricane - the sea waves begin to breaklightly.
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The fact that dreams must be carried out when the system is relativelylightlyloaded compromises part of the purpose of the test.
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The authors sketch verylightlythe technical details of the algorithms used for database searching, and the underlying theory.
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The background connecting all corners of the canvas has beenlightlysketched out.
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Yet thelightlypopulated south-western coastal region yielded 354 recaptives.
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Thelightlystaining nuclei contain one or two prominent nucleoli.
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