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light-footed, limber, lissom or lissome: When dancing, he may
be light on his feet, but he's not very light on mine. 8
simple-minded, light-headed, scatterbrained, rattle-brained,
bird-brained, feather-brained, hare-brained, flighty, giddy,
dizzy, silly, inane, foolish, frivolous, empty-headed, vacant,
vacuous, shallow, superficial: Featherstone is a bit too light
in the head to be a good manager. 9 cheerful, happy, gay,
sunny, merry, light-hearted, happy-go-lucky, easygoing, joyful,
jovial, jolly: No‰l has written another light drawing-room
comedy. 10 easy, not burdensome, endurable, bearable,
tolerable, supportable, undemanding, effortless, untaxing,
moderate: After my surgery, I was able to resume light duties
at the office. The tax on such a small income is very light.
You should take some light exercise every day. 11 amusing,
entertaining, witty, diverting: The book hasn't much substance,
but it makes good light reading. 12 make light of. dismiss,
write off, shrug off; trivialize; ridicule: The teacher made
light of my attempts to play the concerto.
--v. 13 alight, land, come or go down, descend, settle;
deplane, disembark or debark, detrain, dismount: The bird was
so tame it lighted on my finger. 14 light into. attack, assail,
lambaste, assault, pounce or fall on or upon, beat, belabour;
abuse, tongue-lash, harangue, upbraid, scold, berate, Colloq
lace into; Slang clobber: He really lit into the challenger in
the third round. Her mother lit into her for not doing her
homework. 15 light on or upon. chance or happen or stumble or
hit on or upon, come across, encounter, find, meet up with: She
claimed she lit upon the formula when reading some ancient
hieroglyphics.
lighten° v. 1 illuminate, brighten, light up: Opening the curtains
would lighten up the room. 2 cheer (up), brighten, gladden,
shine; smile: Her face lightened when he said he would be home
for the holidays.
lightený v. disencumber, disburden, relieve, alleviate, reduce, lessen,
mitigate: To lighten my load, I had left my suitcase at the
hotel.
like° adj., adv. 1 similar (to), akin (to), allied (to), parallel (to
or with), comparable (to or with), equivalent (to), equal (to),
identical (to), cognate (with), analogous (to), corresponding