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Meanings of lightest in English

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Usage of lightest in English
1
Her footfall is the lightest, her laugh the merriest in the house.
The Making of an American
2
Garibaldi warned that all shellfish need just the lightest amount of cooking.
The new yorker
3
The order of food is from the most substantial to the lightest.
The Book of Household Management
4
Naturally he travelled without surplus impedimenta; he carried the lightest outfit possible.
Green Fancy
5
And lightest lays of the breeze are borne from the dying gale.
Oklahoma and Other Poems
6
Here we can detect only the lightest and simplest of the elements.
The New Heavens
7
The lightest touch from his hand would have plunged her in, overhead.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
8
At such times the lightest sound fills the sleepless watcher with fear.
The Day of Wrath
9
The mother answered: The lightest touch is sufficient to convulse her, professor.
The Tyranny of the Dark
10
Dennis started seizing first, perhaps because he was the smallest and lightest.
Secret of the seventh son
11
It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress.
The Age of Innocence
12
Her ascensional power was due to the very lightest of gaseous bodies.
Robur the Conqueror
13
Benjamin was in no hurry, but he never disputed her lightest inclination.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
14
Did I mention this is the thinnest and lightest Chromebook you'll find?
Wired
15
The camera has been shrunk to make it GoPro's lightest, smallest yet.
The Irish Times
16
He was the lightest of sleepers, even when worn out with work.
Mrs. Red Pepper
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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