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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ligeiramente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria): lixeiro + -mente.
Adverb
lixeiramente
- slightly, lightly
- promptly; easily
1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:para o cavalo soo en ũa casa por dous ou tres dias ou máis, e non coma nen beba. Depois dalle a comer do lardo do porco salpreso quanto del quiser, ca, por razon da fame e do lardo salgado, ligeiramente e de grado comerá- have the horse alone in a house for two or three days or more. Then, give him salted pork lard, as much as it wants, since, because of hunger it will eat eagerly and promptly
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References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ligeiramente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ligeiramente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lixeiramente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lixeiramente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega