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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(dated) In an overlight manner; too easily or readily; frivolously.
A prudent man doth not overlightly beleeve any thing, but laieth aside all reputation and credit of him that speaketh, and examineth the speech by it selfe: […]
Mrs. Burton's conscience smote her not overlightly, and she hastened to change the subject, and to devote herself assiduously to Budge, as if to atone for some injury which she might have done to his brother.
In short, it is said to do more for builders than agriculturists, and has been, let us hope, overlightly named " The Freemasons' Refuge."
I have heard it said that in these days young people speak overlightly of divorce.
They had assumed overlightly that all the twists of seal law had become outmoded tortuosities, and then they barked their shins on one which was instead a taut and bearing rope.
Use overlightly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Overlightly means (dated) In an overlight manner; too easily or readily; frivolously.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A prudent man doth not overlightly beleeve any thing, but laieth aside all reputation and credit of him that speaketh, and examineth the speech by it selfe: […]
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