lightly

How many syllables in lightly?

  348259671 syllables

Divide lightly into syllables:   light-ly
Stressed syllable in lightly:   light-ly
How to pronounce lightly:   lite-lee
How to say lightly:

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Synonyms for lightly


2 syllables
  • finely
  • softly
  • thinly
  • nimbly
  • sparsely
3 syllables
  • dizzily
  • giddily
4 syllables
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    What rhymes with lightly

    2 syllables
    • brightly
    • nightly
    • rightmost
    • slightly
    • tightly
    • whitely
    • knightly
    • rightly
    • sightly
    • sprightly
    • tritely
    3 syllables
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