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lightly

Translation
lightly
/luyt"lee/, adv.
1. with little weight, force, intensity, etc.; gently: to press lightly on a door bell.
2. to only a small amount or degree; slightly: lightly fried eggs.
3. nimbly; quickly: to leap lightly aside.
4. with a lack of concern; indifferently; slightly: to think lightly of one's achievements.
5. cheerfully; without complaining: to take bad news lightly.
6. without due consideration or reason (often used negatively): an offer not to be refused lightly.
7. easily; without trouble or effort: Lightly come, lightly go.
8. frivolously; flippantly: to behave lightly.
9. airily; buoyantly: flags floating lightly.
[bef. 900; ME lightli, OE leohtlice. See LIGHT2, -LY]

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  • lightly — [ laɪtlɪ] слегка, незначительно, чуть чуть несерьезно, пренебрежительно, необдуманно легко, без труда проворно, расторопно весело, беспечно обращаться пренебрежительно; относиться с презрением …   Англо-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь

Фильмы

  • Lights Of the Film Festival., 1963 — About the 3rd International Film Festival held in Moscow.
  • To Tell About Moscow, 1973 — A film about the capital of the USSR - Moscow: Muscovites, their work and rest.
  • A Birch Light (They Are With Me, These Summer Dawns)., 1986 — The poetical story about the shepherd of the state farm “Leninsky Put’” [“Lenin’s Way”] in the Belgorod region, author of six poetical collections, a member of the USSR Writers’ Union V.V. Mikhalev. The film is filled with his poems and reflections.