Examples of 'only lightly' in a sentence
Meaning of "only lightly"
Only lightly: This phrase suggests performing an action with minimal pressure, force, or intensity, often indicating a gentle or soft approach
How to use "only lightly" in a sentence
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Patients are awake and only lightly anesthetized.
It is only lightly armed for self defense.
The center was otherwise only lightly damaged.
Only lightly salt and season other food.
These slavers were acquitted or only lightly fined.
The man was only lightly intoxicated.
It is raining now but only lightly.
Press the belt only lightly on the workpiece.
Successful podcasts are rarely scripted and only lightly edited.
Its legs are only lightly feathered.
Often found in never smokers or people who smoked only lightly.
The rest of us are touched only lightly by this tragedy.
I point only lightly to the ambiguity of this paragraph.
Typically the polymers are only lightly crosslinked.
Water only lightly for the first few days.
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The button should be pressed only lightly with a finger.
I was only lightly involved.
But people that are unaware they are doing wrong will be punished only lightly.
The wines are only lightly filtered.
In both situations the circlip is in its rest position and only lightly restrained.
The tank was only lightly armoured.
His suitcases took the brunt of the explosion and the professor was only lightly wounded.
The dishes are only lightly cooked.
Usually only lightly armed infantry could pass through large swampy areas.
Other sectors of the front were to be only lightly pressed by diversionary attacks.
The Inca people attacked first with much spirit despite being only lightly armed.
This matter was only lightly touched upon in the thesis.
A middle category is minimum till wherein the soil is only lightly tilled prior to planting.
But only lightly.
Allied intelligence soon learned that Tirpitz had been only lightly damaged.
One need allude only lightly to the work of nonstate actors.
Renaissance architecture and the early Baroque touched the outside of the buildings only lightly.
Semidomesticated refers to animals which are only lightly domesticated or of disputed status.
Only lightly armed, they take heavy casualties.
Sow seeds in sterile potting soil but only lightly cover the seeds in soil.
The grapes were only lightly pressed before being transferred to barrels for ageing.
So the Israelites were only lightly equipped.
The division was only lightly engaged at the Battle of Fredericksburg in December.
The monarchy survived by ruling only lightly outside of Kabul.
Bound only lightly to the past, it floats in time.
It is desirable that the integrated device only lightly contacts the skin during fluid sampling.
Only lightly damaged, she was refloated the following day.
The Emperor was only lightly dressed despite the cold.
Rain had started to fall again, but only lightly.
The troops were only lightly armed with riot gear and no lethal weapons.
In some embodiment, the polymers are only lightly crosslinked.
CBCT use is only lightly regulated in the US.
They are usually inexpensive, and only lightly fermented.
Hemiunu 's features are only lightly stylized and clearly based on his appearance.
Then you may bite him back, but only lightly.
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Only yesterday he cussed me out something fierce
If she would only learn to behave herself
Only thing possessing him was a sixer of pabst
