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Lightly vs Nimbly - What's the difference?

lightly | nimbly | Synonyms |

As adverbs the difference between lightly and nimbly

is that lightly is in a light manner while nimbly is in a nimble manner.

lightly

English

Adverb

(en-adv)
  • In a light manner.
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  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

    • Derived terms

    * take lightly

    nimbly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • in a nimble manner
  • * ca. 1592-3 --- Shakespeare:
    • And now, in stead of mounting Barbed Steeds, To fright the Soules of fearfull Adversaries, He capers nimbly in a Ladies Chamber, To the lascivious pleasing of a Lute
  • * 2000 -- Eiji Yoshikawa: Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan [http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN4770026099&id=7eViflk6d9IC&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&ots=4rsrFEY4Pl&dq=%22,+nimbly+jumping+up+and+snatching+a+bee+out+of+the+air%22&sig=R5p9PuInBl3LFAjRn7DEXPTht6A#PRA3-PA1,M1]
  • *:"The bee belongs to the one who caught it! If you catch it, it's your bee!" he said, nimbly jumping up and snatching a bee out of the air. "Yow! This one's mine!"