lightly Copy link Outline I. With little weight1. lĕvĭter2. expr. by suspensus (held up; kept from coming down with full force)II. NimblyIII. Not seriouslyIV. Without dejectionV. At a low estimateVI. Without thought, for reasons of little weightVII. In a gay, wanton manner • lightly: I. With little weight: 1. lĕvĭter: to fall more l., levius cadere, Caes. B. C. 3, 92: much more freq. in fig. sense: v. infr. 2. expr. by suspensus (held up; kept from coming down with full force): to pound olives l., olivam suspensâ molâ frangere, Col. 12, 52: she (the cat) stepped l. forth, evagata est suspenso pede (lit. on tip-toe), Phaedr. 2, 4, 18: cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 12, 1, suspensa manu (i. e. lightly patting). So, to plough l., tenui suspendere (agrum) aratro, Virg. G. 1, 68. II. Nimbly: perh. ăgĭlĭter, cĕlĕrĭter: v. nimbly, quickly. III. Not seriously: lĕvĭter: v. slightly. IV. Without dejection: lĕvĭter: esp. in phr., l. ferre, to take a thing l., care little about it, Cic. Prov. Cons. extr. V. At a low estimate: Phr.: to value l., non magni (parvi) pendere, Hor. S. 2, 4, extr.: still stronger, flocci, nihili pendere, facere: v. to care. VI. Without thought, for reasons of little weight: tĕmĕre: I am not wont l. to be angry with my friends, irasci amicis non t. soleo, Cic. Ph. 8, 5, 16: not to believe anything against him l., ne quid de se t. crederent, Sall. Cat. 31. VII. In a gay, wanton manner: perh. lascīvē, or better, lascivius (softened compar.): v. wantonly.
LIGHTLY Copy link • LIGHTLYNot heavily, leviter (e.g., cadere). figuratively, Slightly, leviter (e.g., lightly wounded); leviter saucius or vulneratus. To regard anything lightly, aliquid leve habere, aliquid in levi habere (to consider as trifling; the latter is more distinct, and although only in Tac., Ann., 3, 54, 4, and Hist., 2, 21, 2, certainly classical); aliquid negligere (not to regard): to esteem lightly, parvi ducere; nihil curare. Not clumsily or awkwardly, velociter. To dance lightly, membra molliter movere (Hor., Sat., 1, 9, 25).