"lightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But I noticed that the Samurai, poised lightly, like a bird on the verge of flight, merely rested one hand on the rail.
- La Donna Stewart stood, tiny fists poised lightly on her hips.
- He reached out a hand, lightly poised.
- The body, poised lightly on the edge of the seat, breathed and quivered independently; the face was immobile and lived within its own dreams.
- The Book Poised lightly on the petals of the lotus signifies the numerous branches of learning.
- The goddess is poised lightly on a rock, and a stream of water pours from its cleft.
- In the middle of the pool the statue of a naiad stood lightly poised on the surface of the water.
- He stood lightly poised, swaying with the motion of the vessel, and his face was as pretty and bland as a wax doll's.
- The man's feet poised lightly on the ledge of an eighty-sixth floor window.
- An old-style bullet-firing assault rifle was poised lightly in his hands.
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