• IPA: /ˈlaɪtli/

lightly (comparative lightlier, superlative lightliest)

1. In a light manner.

   As a teacher, I don't take rudeness in class lightly.

   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:

     Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

• French: légèrement
• German: leicht
• Italian: alla leggera, superficialmente, in maniera superficiale
• Portuguese: levemente, levianamente
• Russian: легко́
• Spanish: ligeramente