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How to pronounce lightly:

Synonyms for lightly:

deftly
dexterously
easily
easy
efficiently
effortlessly
expertly
facilely
fluently
freely
handily
hands down
in a breeze
instinctively
light-armed
moderately
painlessly
readily
skillfully
slightly
smoothly
sparingly
sparsely
thinly
well
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Antonyms for lightly:

actively
arduously
assiduously
awkwardly
back-breakingly
bound
bunglingly
burdensomely
carefully
clumsily
complicatedly
determinedly
difficultly
diligently
disastrously
earnestly
exhaustingly
fatiguingly
gauchely
gawkily
gracelessly
grindingly
grudgingly
gruelingly
gruellingly
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