lightly
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My first instinct was to go the baked-macaroni-and-cheese route: lightly toast some panko, scatter it over the cabbage, then return the whole thing to the oven.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Since the start of her campaign, Raman has sprinkled Spanglish into her speeches and sometimes offered whole sentences in softly accented, lightly stilted Spanish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
She took care of him through the whole illness, which I don’t take lightly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Tom Cullen says he does not take the privilege of playing a gay character lightly.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
She began dancing lightly on her feet, like she was scurrying across the floor in search of cheese.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
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