Sentence examples similar to lightly controversial from inspiring English sources

So far here the government is still treading lightly on another controversial area: the greater use of genetic modification.

Before the 2009 election, a similar dynamic led to the passage of a controversial (and now lightly enforced) morality law that outlaws art, movies and music that "can arouse sexual desires and/or violate public moral values".

Rather than treading lightly, the stars gloated about how controversial their film would be.

The most controversial image is a lightly bloodstained sheet, which they felt was important to show: they were certainly not the first women to face a long trek home, bleeding and sore.

WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange are quite controversial, to put it lightly but I'm not sure if the app directly violated anything in Apple's TOS.

WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange are quite controversial, to put it lightly but I'm not sure if the app directly violated anything in Apple's TOS.

To call these claims "controversial" would be putting it lightly, but they underpin much of anti-egalitarian and pro-traditionalist claims neoreactionaries make.

For all the vilification, though, Samuels got off relatively lightly compared with other lawyers who have acted for controversial clients.

Of course, he made bold and hugely controversial decisions, some of which had fatal consequences, but he didn't do so lightly.

Putting broadband providers under Title 2 is a controversial move and reverses a landmark FCC decision in 2002 that determined that Internet access should be a more lightly regulated information service.

Lightly oily, lightly cut.