How to pronounce lightly
Listen to lightly in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“lightly” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 175 American · 475 British · 19 Australian · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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[Longoria laughs lightly.]
The Atlantic · hear it here
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somebody lightly sobbing.
British Library · hear it here
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>> marbled Lightly torso.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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reached wasn't reached lightly or taken lightly about the impact this would have.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lightly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.