Definition for Lightly:

• In a small degree; slightly; not severely.

Synonyms for Lightly:

• adv

  •a little (adverb)
  • slightly.
  •freely (adverb)
  • liberally.
  •lightly (adverb)
  • buoyantly,
  • airily,
  • weightlessly.
  •mildly (adverb)
  • genially.
  •softly (adverb)
  • tenderly.

• adv.

  •delicately (adverb)
  • finely,
  • gracefully.
  •easily (adverb)
  • handily,
  • no sweat,
  • facilely,
  • effortlessly,
  • hands down,
  • swimmingly,
  • fluently,
  • like nothing,
  • comfortably.
  •freely (adverb)
  • liberally,
  • cleanly,
  • loosely.
  •happily (adverb)
  • buoyantly,
  • blithely,
  • brightly,
  • optimistically,
  • cheerfully,
  • lightheartedly,
  • smilingly,
  • joyfully,
  • gladly,
  • gaily.
  •lightly (adverb)
  • delicately,
  • sparsely,
  • airily,
  • frivolously,
  • buoyantly,
  • readily,
  • casually,
  • timidly,
  • thinly,
  • faintly,
  • leniently,
  • well,
  • flippantly,
  • peacefully,
  • weightlessly,
  • mildly,
  • simply,
  • agilely,
  • easily,
  • slightly,
  • smoothly,
  • moderately,
  • softly,
  • tenderly,
  • nimbly,
  • carelessly,
  • slightingly,
  • Ethereally,
  • freely,
  • quietly,
  • indifferently.
  •mildly (adverb)
  • genially.
  •readily (adverb)
  • without difficulty.
  •slightly (adverb)
  • somewhat,
  • insignificantly,
  • inappreciably.
  •softly (adverb)
  • tenderly.
  •tenderly (adverb)
  • carefully,
  • gently.

• n.

  •
  • deep-fried,
  • nimbly,
  • easily,
  • readily,
  • battered,
  • delicately,
  • cold,
  • Breaded,
  • carefully,
  • cooked,
  • Deviled,
  • tenderly,
  • sweetly,
  • smoothly,
  • peacefully,
  • comfortably,
  • Curried,
  • gracefully.
  •
  • hilarious,
  • funny,
  • casually,
  • hysterical,
  • wry,
  • humorous,
  • carelessly,
  • comic,
  • indifferently,
  • playful,
  • amusing,
  • priceless,
  • comical.
  •
  • mere,
  • slight,
  • scant,
  • few,
  • only,
  • minimum,
  • little,
  • sparse,
  • barely.
  •
  • ill-considered,
  • foolish,
  • hasty,
  • shallow,
  • impetuous,
  • unthinking,
  • undiscriminating,
  • mindless,
  • irresponsible,
  • impulsive.
  •
  • feline,
  • balletic,
  • dainty,
  • lithe,
  • fluent,
  • supple,
  • smooth,
  • graceful,
  • gentle,
  • fluid.
  •
  • somnambulist,
  • broken,
  • sleeper,
  • sleepyhead,
  • deep,
  • noctambulism,
  • dreamless.
  •
  • strong,
  • heavy,
  • hefty,
  • powerful,
  • fierce,
  • fiercely.
  •lightly (noun)
  • softly,
  • gently,
  • thinly,
  • light.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • sleepyhead,
  • dreamless,
  • somnambulist,
  • noctambulism.
  •
  • fiercely,
  • happily.
  •
  • fierce,
  • easy,
  • hefty.
  •
  • powerful,
  • uneasy.
  •
  • deep,
  • sleeper.
  •
  • broken,
  • smack.
  •
  • sound.
  •
  • strong.
  •
  • heavy.
  •a little
  • slightly.
  •vaguely
  • indefinitely.
  •Other relevant words:
  • shadowily,
  • inadvertently,
  • write off,
  • superficially,
  • mellow,
  • thinly,
  • contemn,
  • disclaim,
  • filmily,
  • empty,
  • smooth,
  • joyfully,
  • jaunty,
  • happily,
  • easy,
  • few,
  • handily,
  • agilely,
  • dimly,
  • finely,
  • frothily,
  • wantonly,
  • clearly,
  • lightness,
  • tad,
  • disregard,
  • peacefully,
  • imperfectly,
  • openly,
  • unreasonably,
  • flimsily,
  • priceless,
  • delicacy,
  • flightiness,
  • simple,
  • lenient,
  • mere,
  • feline,
  • breezy,
  • fluent,
  • mindless,
  • hands down,
  • amusing,
  • sparse,
  • facile,
  • genial,
  • effortlessly,
  • lightsomely,
  • docile,
  • scorn,
  • frail,
  • liberally,
  • affectionate,
  • pliable,
  • inappreciably,
  • lightheartedly,
  • flimsy,
  • fierce,
  • insubstantially,
  • capriciously,
  • joyous,
  • neatly,
  • deep-fried,
  • conceal,
  • brightness,
  • flippant,
  • quietly,
  • snug,
  • giddily,
  • pettily,
  • fluently,
  • little bit,
  • degrade,
  • pooh-pooh,
  • fluid,
  • slight,
  • disparage,
  • lowly,
  • lackadaisically,
  • sweetly,
  • Frailly,
  • brusquely,
  • spurn,
  • easy going,
  • inadequately,
  • airy,
  • graceful,
  • impetuous,
  • bit,
  • hefty,
  • carelessly,
  • buoyancy,
  • barely,
  • slack,
  • insignificantly,
  • groat,
  • blithesomely,
  • airiness,
  • Smally,
  • cold,
  • sound,
  • superficial,
  • jocund,
  • smilingly,
  • carefully,
  • soothing,
  • cheerfully,
  • optimistically,
  • readily,
  • blithe,
  • genially,
  • mercurial,
  • supple,
  • thin,
  • fickle,
  • hopefully,
  • effortless,
  • impulsive,
  • myopically,
  • unimportant,
  • crumb,
  • irresponsible,
  • dreamless,
  • weak,
  • sparsely,
  • soft,
  • pleasantly,
  • hasty,
  • idly,
  • no sweat,
  • pliant,
  • dash,
  • inconsequentially,
  • simply,
  • gaily,
  • Whitely,
  • whimsically,
  • loosely,
  • Deviled,
  • casually,
  • ever so little,
  • little,
  • ill-considered,
  • gracefully,
  • shortly,
  • puny,
  • comfortable,
  • scrap,
  • Curried,
  • slightingly,
  • Granularly,
  • fragment,
  • Cholericly,
  • dismiss,
  • facilely,
  • deep,
  • part,
  • indifferently,
  • vaguely,
  • playful,
  • comfortably,
  • light,
  • short,
  • send away,
  • powerful,
  • readably,
  • faintly,
  • triflingly,
  • skittish,
  • slightly,
  • mite,
  • mildly,
  • atom,
  • smack,
  • Ethereally,
  • like clockwork,
  • gentle,
  • sprinkling,
  • can,
  • insouciant,
  • humiliate,
  • gladly,
  • emptily,
  • whit,
  • casual,
  • sprinkle,
  • Light-hearted,
  • soupcon,
  • softly,
  • condemn,
  • like nothing,
  • jauntily,
  • dizzily,
  • fourpence,
  • without difficulty,
  • happy-go-lucky,
  • strong,
  • somewhat,
  • meagerly,
  • Paly,
  • unobjectionably,
  • cooked,
  • watchfully,
  • feebly,
  • dainty,
  • fail,
  • hysterical,
  • arbitrarily,
  • comic,
  • relaxed,
  • noctambulism,
  • freely,
  • minimally,
  • lithe,
  • despise,
  • hydrogen,
  • promiscuously,
  • fairly,
  • Wakefully,
  • blithely,
  • scant,
  • morsel,
  • hotheadedly,
  • restful,
  • only just,
  • trifling,
  • unthinking,
  • Cloudlessly,
  • faintheartedly,
  • Flightily,
  • curtly,
  • Immaterially,
  • shortsightedly,
  • violate,
  • flippantly,
  • sleepyhead,
  • unwarrantedly,
  • blankly,
  • wry,
  • ignore,
  • informal,
  • piece,
  • tenderly,
  • careless,
  • devil-may-care,
  • uneasy,
  • irascibly,
  • painlessly,
  • piano,
  • baselessly,
  • weakly,
  • groundlessly,
  • trivially,
  • sleeper,
  • shallowly,
  • fiercely,
  • yielding,
  • by a hair,
  • Breaded,
  • slackly,
  • negligibly,
  • minutely,
  • grittily,
  • carefree,
  • kind,
  • negligently,
  • minimum,
  • foolish,
  • Remissly,
  • hilarious,
  • indulgent,
  • evidently,
  • humorous,
  • debonair,
  • with good cheer,
  • moderately,
  • freshly,
  • heavy,
  • scarcely,
  • shallow,
  • only,
  • permissively,
  • vivacious,
  • frivolity,
  • well,
  • precipitately,
  • laxly,
  • cool,
  • nimble,
  • easily,
  • somnambulist,
  • brightly,
  • merry,
  • comical,
  • delicately,
  • fancifully,
  • cheap,
  • quick,
  • battered,
  • nimbly,
  • Unessentially,
  • shade,
  • mild,
  • touch,
  • tender,
  • vigilantly,
  • gently,
  • reckless,
  • balletic,
  • cleanly,
  • frivolously,
  • informally,
  • smoothly,
  • Irrepressibly,
  • indefinitely,
  • funny,
  • jovial,
  • frivolous,
  • broken,
  • leniently,
  • deadly,
  • swimmingly,
  • flout,
  • timidly,
  • undiscriminating,
  • unimportantly,
  • sunnily,
  • cheerily,
  • good,
  • reduce,
  • scantily.

Antonyms for Lightly:

• adv.

  • all
    heavily.
  • delicately
    indelicately, strongly, uncarefully.
  • easily
    Difficultly.
  • happily
    unhappily.
  • lightly
    heavily, effortfully.
  • mildly
    roughly, harshly, violently.
  • readily
    unwillingly.
  • slightly
    considerably, a lot, greatly.
  • Other antonyms:
    thoroughly, strenuously, clumsily, intensely, unskillfully, painfully, diligently, ineptly, tirelessly, painstakingly, gracelessly, sedulously, arduously, laboriously, assiduously, awkwardly, industriously, mightily, indefatigably, meticulously, intently, hardly, maladroitly, intemperately.

Homophones for Lightly:

• licitly, lastly, light-headedly, lucidly, lacteal.