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<blockquote>Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched <b>lightly</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Swiftly; nimbly; with agility.</def>

<blockquote>So mikle was that barge, it might not <b>lightly</b> sail. <i>R. of Brunne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Watch what thou seest and <b>lightly</b> bring me word. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Without deep impression.</def>

<blockquote>The soft ideas of the cheerful note, <b>Lightly</b> received, were easily forgot. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>In a small degree; slightly; not severely.</def>

<blockquote>At the first he <b>lightly</b> afflicted the land of Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously afflict her. <i>Is. ix. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>With little effort or difficulty; easily; readily.</def>

<blockquote>That <b>lightly</b> come, shall <b>lightly</b> go. <i>Old Proverb.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They come <b>lightly</b> by the malt, and need not spare it. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Without reason, or for reasons of little weight.</def>

<blockquote>Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or <b>lightly</b> appear before great personages. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Commonly; usually.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Fisher.</i>

<blockquote>The great thieves of a state are <b>lightly</b> the officers of the crown. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Without dejection; cheerfully.</def> "Seeming to bear it <i>lightly</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Without heed or care; with levity; gayly; airily.</def>

<blockquote>Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, <b>lightly</b>, or wantonly. <i>Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.].</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Not chastely; wantonly.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Lightman</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> ; <plu>pl. <plw>-men</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu> <def>A man who carries or takes care of a light.</def>

<i>T. Brown.</i>

<h1>Light-minded</h1> <Xpage=852>

<hw>Light"-mind`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unsettled; unsteady; volatile; not considerate.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Light"-mind`ed*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Lightness</h1> <Xpage=852>