Lightly
Lightly adverb - Without difficulty.
Moderately and lightly are semantically related in gently topic. In some cases you can use "Moderately" instead an adverb "Lightly", when it comes to topics like sparingly.
Moderately
Moderately adverb - To some degree or extent.
Lightly and moderately are semantically related in gently topic. You can use "Lightly" instead an adverb "Moderately".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- somewhat and lightly
- somewhat and moderately
- little and lightly
- little and moderately
- easily and lightly
- easily and moderately
- indifferently and lightly
- indifferently and moderately
- delicately and lightly
- delicately and moderately
- softly and lightly
- softly and moderately
- gently and lightly
- gently and moderately
Both words in one sentence
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Britain built a very large 'cruiser' (lightly-armoured, fast, and moderately-well-armed warships) force to hunt down other cruisers and these armed merchant ships.
Source: Useful Notes / World War I
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