Смысл: lightlylightly1.[ʹlaıtlı]adv <Í> 1. слегка, едва; чуть-чуть lightly salted food - чуть подсоленная /присоленная/ пища lightly cooked - слегка отваренный to sleep lightly - дремать; спать чутко they were but lightly rewarded - им дали лишь небольшое вознаграждение 2. проворно, быстро; легко offences not lightly forgotten [forgiven] - оскорбления, которые трудно забыть [нелегко простить] 3. 1) не задумываясь; с лёгким сердцем; беспечно to take lightly - не принимать всерьёз credulous people believe lightly whatever they hear - доверчивые люди легко верят всему, что слышат 2) легко, без усилий these are opinions that I have not lightly formed, or that I can lightly quit - эти убеждения не легко у меня сложились, и я не могу легко отказаться от них 4. пренебрежительно, невнимательно ♢lightly come, lightly go - посл.≅ легко нажито, легко прожито
2.[ʹlaıtlı]vшотл. <Í> относиться презрительно; обращаться с пренебрежением
lightly Идиома
once-over-lightly
Idiom(s): once-over-lightly (2)
Theme: CARELESSNESS
2. cursory; in a quick and careless manner. (An adverb.) • Tom studied geometry once-over-lightly. • Ann washed the dishes once-over-lightly.
get off lightly
Idiom(s): get off easy AND get off lightly
Theme: PUNISHMENT - LIGHT
to receive very little punishment (for doing something wrong). • It was a serious crime, but Mary got off easy. • Billy's punishment was very light. Considering what he did, he got off lightly.
once over lightly Cursorily, quickly, as in I did go over the program once over lightly, but perhaps I should read it more carefully. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
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