adv commonly; usually.
2. lightly ·adv not chastely; wantonly.
3. lightly ·adv without deep impression.
4. lightly ·adv swiftly; nimbly; with agility.
5. lightly ·adv without dejection; cheerfully.
6. lightly ·adv in a small degree; slightly; not severely.
7. lightly ·adv without reason, or for reasons of little weight.
8. lightly ·adv without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.
9. lightly ·adv with little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.
10. lightly ·adv with little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly.