LIGHTLY in a Sentence

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284 example sentences for LIGHTLY, such as:

1. Cross with care at the traffic lights.
2. The warning lights were clearly visible.
3. We dangled pretty lights around the hall.
4. A candle lights others and consumes itself.
5. These lights show the place off very nicely.

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 Meanings and Examples of LIGHTLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lightly
 ad.  with indifference or without dejection
 ad.  indulging with temperance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  And raising good cotton, riding well, shooting straight, dancing lightly, squiring the ladies with elegance and carrying one's liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  And, coming lightly up the steps, he had kissed her hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
3  "I'll do no such thing," she said, touching the horses lightly with the whip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  He leaned down, took her face in his hands, and kissed her lightly on the forehead.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
5  "And you must deliver this kiss to Pittypat and this to Melanie," he said, kissing her lightly two more times.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  Yes, put you to bed," she added lightly, "and give you another drink--maybe all the dipper and make you go to sleep.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
7  In fact the morals of the affair weighed lightly upon her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
8  Down the graveled path she flew, skimming lightly as a bird, her faded skirts streaming behind her, her arms outstretched.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
9  "These are the most beautiful hands I know," he said and kissed each palm lightly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
10  Now, it was dear to her again and she wondered dully what madness had possessed her to hold it so lightly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  So much money, so very much money, and someone else had it, someone who took it lightly and didn't need it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
12  He spoke lightly but there was anger flickering in his eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
13  India shot one more quick anguished look at Ashley, and, wrapping her cape about her, ran lightly down the hall to the back door and let herself out quietly into the night.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
14  Rhett came swiftly across the room to the bed, his big body swinging as lightly and noiselessly as a cat's.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
15  "She would be stunned and incredulous at the first signs of my gentility," said Rhett, arising lightly.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
Example Sentence: (74 in 5 pages)
16  While it has been lightly dipped and lightly cleaned, the overall look of the coin is appealing.
17  The flashing lights denote dangerous roads ahead.
18  We dangled pretty lights around the hall.
19  He drove through the red lights in an attempt to shake off the police car that was chasing him.
20  Cross with care at the traffic lights.
21  He felt a tiny tremor of excitement as he glimpsed the city lights.
22  The warning lights were clearly visible.
23  Fame turns all the lights on and while it gives power and prestige, it takes the you out of you; you must be what the public thinks you are.
24  The lights changed to red before I could get across.
25  A candle lights others and consumes itself.
26  He tried not to let his irritation show as he blinked in the glare of the television lights.
27  None of the lights seemed to work with any regularity.
28  These lights show the place off very nicely.
29  Please remain seated until all the lights are on.
30  The stage lights brightened to reveal a street scene.