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Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Lightly

Lightly as the skimming of swallows.
—Anonymous

Lightly and softly,
As a queen’s languid and imperial arm
Which scatters crowns among her lovers.
—Robert Browning

Set as lightly as a mouse-trap.
—Maurice Hewlett

Lightly as swimming shadows dusk the lake.
—Gerald Massey

Lightly as a kite rushes through the gloom of the dawn.
—Ouida

Lightly as bird on wing.
—Samuel Ward