LIGHTLY, adverb li'tely. 1. With little weight; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly 2. Without deep impression. The soft ideas of the cheerful note, lightly received, were easily forgot. 3. Easily; readily; without difficulty; of course. 4. Without reason, or for reasons of little weight. Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or lightly appear before great personages. 5. Without dejection; cheerfully. Bid that welcome which comes to punish us, and we punish it, seeming to bear it lightly 6. Not chastely; wantonly. 7. Nimbly; with agility; not heavily or tardily. He led me lightly o'er the stream. 8. Gaily; airily; with levity; without heed or care.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI