leviter

See also: léviter

Latin

Etymology

From levis +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.u̯i.ter/, [ˈɫ̪eu̯ɪt̪ɛr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vi.ter/, [ˈlɛːvit̪er]

Adverb

leviter (comparative levius, superlative levissimē)

  1. lightly, not heavily
  2. slightly, somewhat
  3. easily

References
  • “leviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “leviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • leviter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be indisposed: leviter aegrotare, minus valere
    • to have received a superficial education: litteris leviter imbutum or tinctum esse
    • to make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu): strictim, leviter tangere, attingere, perstringere aliquid
    • to hint vaguely at a thing: leviter significare aliquid

Swedish

Noun

leviter

  1. indefinite plural of levit.
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