"lightly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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verbo + lightly
Kolokacji: 187
taken lightly • lightly brown • lightly touch • rest lightly • say lightly • run lightly • tap lightly • tread lightly • step lightly • speak lightly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 27
(5) say, reply, answer
Kolokacji: 3
(8) speak, clad, chat
Kolokacji: 3
(13) defend, guard, smile, recruit
Kolokacji: 4
(16) toss, discard, traffic
Kolokacji: 3
2. lightly discarded = lekko pozbyć się lightly discarded
  • All the same, a second man, an attacker, could not be lightly discarded.
  • Flies were too expensive to be discarded lightly.
  • "3,000 years of human history shouldn't be discarded so lightly," is Mitt's peroration, and he smiles as if that's a killer argument.
  • His supporters either think no action is the best answer or see him as a comfortable old shoe not to be lightly discarded.
  • But no thing of power is to be lightly discarded.
  • A ship with a cloaking device- even a vessel this small- was a prize not to be discarded lightly.
  • "Principles which have stood that test of time should not be lightly discarded."
  • An oath given and accepted isn't so lightly discarded, mistress.
  • A camera was not to be discarded lightly.
  • It should not be lightly discarded or unbundled.
3. lightly traffic = lekko ruch uliczny lightly traffic
(18) smoke, sigh
Kolokacji: 2
(22) trace, sketch
Kolokacji: 2
(23) shrug, applaud
Kolokacji: 2
(24) rain, snow, disguise
Kolokacji: 3
(25) punch, bite, prick
Kolokacji: 3
(26) freckle, fur
Kolokacji: 2
(27) drum, rattle
Kolokacji: 2
lightly + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 12
lightly floured • lightly armed • lightly brown • lightly seasoned • lightly shaded • ...

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