"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
(18) smoke, sigh
Kolokacji: 2
(22) trace, sketch
Kolokacji: 2
1. lightly trace = lekko odnajdź lightly trace
2. lightly sketch = lekko szkic lightly sketch
  • But the characters are sketched so lightly that they never deepen beyond type.
  • Moreover the basic picture of Milton himself, though only sketched in very lightly, is completely authentic:
  • In the end, all three women blend together as an idealized everywoman lightly sketched on a larger historical canvas.
  • Dürer lightly sketched the image and underpainted it with some washes of brown watercolour.
  • Its lightly sketched implications when further explored and a little amplified approached conclusions that are not so humorous.
  • His hand signal was weak, lightly sketched in air, but Halaylah had been waiting for the emperor to summon her.
  • Heller's emphasis is wholly on the professional, with Rand's private life lightly sketched.
  • Fiss' analyses of specific cases are presented against a lightly sketched historical argument.
  • He dwelled heavily on the correlations, sketching only lightly the possible mechanism of rising hot water.
  • He sketched lightly in reddish brown the outline of the woman and of each object.
(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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