Lightly and Pretty

Lightly

Lightly adverb - Without difficulty.

Pretty and lightly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretty" instead an adverb "Lightly".

Pretty

Pretty adverb - To some degree or extent.

Lightly and pretty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lightly" instead an adverb "Pretty".

Nearby Words: prettily, prettied, prettying

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Maximum Ride Beware the Nice Ones: Dylan is normally a pretty nice and quiet guy, but when he catches Max and Fang together, well... snapped is putting it lightly.
  • Dylan from Maximum Ride is normally a pretty nice and quiet guy, but when he catches Max and Fang together, well... snapped is putting it lightly.
  • To put it lightly, the disagreements between Ryuko/Mako and Ira/Mako in particular are... not pretty.
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