C. T. Onions, A Shakespeare Glossary

1. to no great amount LLL. I. ii. 159 “but rewarded” ; in a slight degree R3 I. iii. 45 “they love his Grace but lightly.”

2. cheerfully Rom. V. i. 3, Ant. IV. xii. [xiv.] 138

3. easily, readily Err. IV. iv. 5 “My wife . . . will not lightly trust the messenger,” Tit. II. iii. 289.

4. nimbly, quickly Gent. III. i. 142.

5. commonly, often R3 III. i. 94 “Short summers have a forward spring.”

6. thoughtlessly Cor. IV. i. 29 “Believe't not lightly.”