|
||||||||
Lightly Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest,Pope. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spearMilton. So mikle was that barge, it might not lightly sail.R. of Brunne. Watch what thou seest and lightly bring me word.Tennyson. The soft ideas of the cheerful note,Prior. At the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun . . . and afterward did more grievously afflict her.Is. ix. 1. That lightly come, shall lightly go.Old Proverb. They come lightly by the malt, and need not spare it.Sir W. Scott. Flatter not the rich, neither do thou willingly or lightly appear before great personages.Jer. Taylor. The great thieves of a state are lightly the officers of the crown.B. Jonson. Matrimony . . . is not by any to be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly.Book of Common Prayer [Eng. Ed.]. Lightman Light-minded Lightness Syn. Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility. Lightness |
||||||||
|
||||||||
|
||||||||
Copyright: All texts on Bibliomania are © Bibliomania.com Ltd, and may not be reproduced in any form without our written permission. See our FAQ for more details. | ||||||||