lightly

Adverb

• With little weight, force, or intensity.
• without good reason
  • "one cannot say such things lightly"
• with few burdens
• with little weight or force
  • "she kissed him lightly on the forehead"
• indulging with temperance
  • "we eat lightly in the morning"
• with indifference or without dejection
  • "he took it lightly"
• in a small quantity or extent
  • "apply paint lightly"
• to a slight degree
  • "her speech is only lightly accented"

Adv

• In a light manner.

Examples

• As a teacher, I don't take rudeness in class lightly.
• He LIGHTLY touched the Scrabble tiles, considering his next move carefully.

Synonyms

gently, light, softly, thinly

Antonyms

heavily, thickly