Example sentences for: lightly

How can you use “lightly” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Fiss' analyses of specific cases are presented against a lightly sketched historical argument.

  • Does the once-over lightly have anything to do with the festival's virtually all white attendance?

  • In the brisk new 20 th century, it seemed a good idea for lightly clad but respectable women to cover up their breasts and make sure they were held still--without, of course, reverting to the lines of the old-fashioned corset.

  • Fakku `fuck' is used quite innocently to refer to a major frontal collision between two vehicles, while in the gentler kissu `kiss' the cars just bump lightly.

  • But there is something to the argument that his cavalier attitude about individual rights helped to create an atmosphere in which thuggish members of his administration could regard invasions of privacy very lightly.


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