Sekirov Dictionary

lichtly

adverb 2
verb 1
forms 5

adverb2

•
(Scotland) lightly; gently or without great force.
- 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. — 1827
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(Scotland) In a manner that is not serious.
- 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. — 1874

verb1

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(Scotland) To slight; to treat contemptuously or without seriousness.
- This is nae change-hoose, John Munro, And ye needna come nae mair: Ye crookit yer mou', and lichtlied me, Last Wednesday, at the fair." — 1865

forms

lichtlied · lichtlying · lichtlies · more lichtly · most lichtly

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