as in easily
without difficulty
you're not going to get off lightly if they catch you!
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Recent Examples of lightly
Tap the brakes, lightly, when necessary to self-correct out of the skid.
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John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2024
Bake at 375 degrees 5-8 minutes until golden edges appear and the top bounces back when tapped lightly.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
Let dry for 2 hours, and then lightly sand to remove air bubbles.
—Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Bake in preheated oven, 1 baking sheet at a time, until lightly browned around edges and candies have melted, 10 to 12 minutes.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2024
Bake at 375 degrees 5-8 minutes until golden edges appear and the top bounces back when tapped lightly.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
Let dry for 2 hours, and then lightly sand to remove air bubbles.
—Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Bake in preheated oven, 1 baking sheet at a time, until lightly browned around edges and candies have melted, 10 to 12 minutes.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightly
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Escape Cafe’s high-end beans are easily accessible across Canada, available in over 60 coffee shops and 200 supermarkets.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Whether through complacency or the early start, United’s defence was too easily broken when Preston took the ball off Joe Rothwell and countered, with Milutin Osmajic’s arcing pass reaching Brad Potts to score at the back post.Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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Thankfully, things started out fairly easy with 1 and 4 Across (Bow and Caleb) and a few of the downs were pretty obvious—Ole!—but some of these really stumped me.Erik Kain, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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There are tools out there that make searching that information very easy.Leah Feiger, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
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The singer quipped freely in her annual video with Vanity Fair.Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 19 Dec. 2024
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Can families in the vacation rentals freely visit the hotel restaurants and use its amenities?DeMarco Williams, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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And because a big meal produces a huge spike in insulin, your body responds to the sugar and efficiently stores more body fat.Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Dec. 2024
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Regardless of the underlying cause, the deficit causes the body to function less efficiently.Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Obvious identifiers like a street name, alma mater or other information that may be readily available online are ill-advised, experts say.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2024
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Administrative representatives at the university’s main campus in Anza and a branch campus in Mill Valley, Calif., did not have documents readily available related to student and faculty rosters and class syllabi, officers said.Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Lightly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightly. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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