lightly

軽く；そっと；軽々しく；少しだけ

入試の言い換え

• gently 優しく；そっと — 触れ方の柔らかさ
• softly 柔らかく — 音・触れ方
• slightly わずかに — 量・程度が少し
• sparingly 控えめに — 塩などを少量使う
• casually 何気なく — 深刻に考えずに
• carelessly 軽率に — 不注意に
• thoughtlessly 軽はずみに — 考えなしに

I didn't make this decision lightly. は「軽々しく決めたわけではない（熟慮の末だ）」という、辞職・別れの挨拶などでの定番フレーズ。

lightly の類語

gently, softly, slightly, sparingly, casually, carelessly, thoughtlessly, light, barely, happily, little, simply, easily, a little, hopefully, hardly, minimally, a bit, ever so little, just a bit, by a hair, joyfully, readily, imperfectly, smoothly, gladly, not hardly, well, pleasantly, only just, scarcely, by an ace, effortlessly, insignificantly, weakly, cheerfully, like nothing, hands down, like clockwork, on easy terms, minutely, swimmingly, without difficulty, inadvertently, no sweat, with good cheer, faintly, superficially, freely, scantily, optimistically, blithely, feebly, negligibly, tant soit peu, inconsequentially, without rhyme or reason, airily, cheerily, thinly

lightly の反意語

seriously, firmly, heavily, significantly, perfectly, loudly, maximally

例文

• The girls were dancing lightly like so many butterflies.
  少女たちはさながら蝶のように軽やかに踊っていた。
• The dancers tripped lightly across the stage.
  踊り手たちは舞台を横切って軽々と踊っていった。
• The cat climbed lightly over the wall.
  猫が颯爽と塀をよじ登った。

lightly の言い換えを探すには

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