Meaning of lichtly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. lightly; gently or without great force.
   Scotland
2. In a manner that is not serious.
   Scotland

Examples

“I will mak a lang ladder, Wi' fifty steps and three, three, I will mak a lang ladder, And lichtly come⟳ doun to thee, thee, And lichtly come⟳ doun to thee.”

“Saft in his arms he caught her up, Winsome Annie Ramsay. An' swang her lichtly to the croup, Winsome Annie Ramsay.”

“Than, tae her gret surprise⟳, he touched her hair, sae lichtly that she cud haurdly feel⟳ it, an rinnin a finger doonwart, he fund her yae lang braid an pickit it up.”

“But a wuman wha wad sae misguide the son o' her ain body, an' for naething but that as she had broucht him furth sic he was, — it "s no to be lichtly believed nor lichtly endured.”

““Dinna speak⟳ sae lichtly, Thamas," remonstrated his wife. “”

“Weel, time gaed by: and the idler sort⟳ commenced to think⟳ mair lichtly o' that black business.”

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