Collocations for lightly - adv.
Lightly is used with these adjectives:
armed, armoured, clothed, loaded, scented, spicy, tanned, wooded
armed, armoured, clothed, loaded, scented, spicy, tanned, wooded
Lightly is used with these verbs:
beat, brush, butter, caress, chuckle, clasp, coat, cough, defend, dip, dismiss, doze, drop, fry, grease, grip, jog, kiss, knead, knock, land, laugh, lean, massage, moan, pat, patter, pinch, place, press, punch, push, rain, rap, regulate, remark, reply, rest, rub, say, scold, scratch, season, shade, shake, shrug, skip, slap, sleep, smoke, snore, snow, spread, sprinkle, squeeze, step, stroke, sway, tap, tax, tease, toast, toss, touch, trace, tread, trip, tug, whip
beat, brush, butter, caress, chuckle, clasp, coat, cough, defend, dip, dismiss, doze, drop, fry, grease, grip, jog, kiss, knead, knock, land, laugh, lean, massage, moan, pat, patter, pinch, place, press, punch, push, rain, rap, regulate, remark, reply, rest, rub, say, scold, scratch, season, shade, shake, shrug, skip, slap, sleep, smoke, snore, snow, spread, sprinkle, squeeze, step, stroke, sway, tap, tax, tease, toast, toss, touch, trace, tread, trip, tug, whip