Čo znamená lightly v angličtine a aká je definícia lightly?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť lightly výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

lightly Význam & definícia

0 gently:
- She patted him lightly on the shoulder.
- lightly cooked vegetables
1 If you say something lightly, you are not serious when you say it:
- "Anyway, it won't affect me because I'm leaving," she said lightly.
- Accusations like these from a top minister are not made lightly.
2 to be punished or to punish someone less severely than might have been expected:
- I think he got off quite lightly considering it's his third driving offence.
3 without serious consideration:
- Funding for public schools is something I don't take lightly.
4 If food is lightly cooked, it is cooked for only a short time.

Dust the face lightly with powder.
I like eggs lightly cooked so that the yolk is still runny.
He touched me lightly on the cheek.
Dab the paint on lightly.
She applied the make-up lightly.
Just before pouring, however, it was decided lightly to reinforce the church's wall-cores - at $4000 extra cost.
The seriously polluted advanced regions are coastal, and the lightly polluted under-developed regions are all landlocked.
For reprimands, a lightly admonishing tone was used, appropriate to the meaning of the reprimand.