Sentence examples for lightly less from inspiring English sources

Knead lightly (less than 10 strokes) and loosely shape into a ball.

Pack lightly; the less you have to lug with you, the less you'll feel stressed out and inclined to spend more just to feel better!

I knew full well that this would not be taken lightly, much less laughed off.

They're not likely to take this so-called "new world order" lightly, much less lying down.

A meta-analysis of eight studies indicated that the risk was reduced somewhat among women drinking lightly (averaging less than a drink a day), but the risk then rose steadily with higher levels of consumption.

Subjects were defined as physically inactive if they reported never participating in hard leisure activities that would make them sweat or be out of breath, in addition to being lightly active less than 1 h per week.

Lesser opposition figures have got off less lightly.

Thabo Mbeki is now understood to be leaning less lightly on his fellow-president, even quietly calling on him to share power.

Pinfold, who beat names including Helen Oxenbury, Jon Klassen and Emily Gravett to take the prize, said that winning was "fantastic", and that he "couldn't use the words 'over-the-moon' less lightly".

"In spite of being more lightly armed and less threatening than navy ships, civilian law enforcement vessels are easier to deploy, operate under looser chains of command and engage more readily in skirmishes," the report said.

Despite calls for a boycott in the nationalist press, the chain's swift self-abasement sufficed to quell the row, perhaps because it had already proved its commitment to national integrity by marketing a "McSahara" hamburger.But other offenders have got off less lightly.