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Collocations for lightly - adv.

Lightly is used with these adjectives:
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

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