(Scotland) lightly; gently or without great force.
I will mak a lang ladder, Wi' fifty steps and three, three, I will mak a lang ladder, And lichtly come doun to thee, thee, And lichtly come doun to thee.
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(Scotland) In a manner that is not serious.
Saft in his arms he caught her up, Winsome Annie Ramsay. An' swang her lichtly to the croup, Winsome Annie Ramsay.
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(Scotland) To slight; to treat contemptuously or without seriousness.
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