Very light

British  

/ ˈvɛrɪ /

noun

1. a coloured flare fired from a special pistol ( Very pistol ) for signalling at night, esp at sea

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Etymology

Origin of Very light

C19: named after Edward W. Very (1852–1910), US naval ordnance officer

Example Sentences

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Very light

"They let each other down, too, in the room. There were some guys who were very light on the puck. Very light."

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2018

Prufrock was soon followed by other poems, each one lighting up the postwar literary battlefields like a Very light high above the trenches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Very light and airy was that great room, occupying the whole of one side of the house, with numerous windows, cradles at equal intervals, with curtains as white and fleecy as clouds.

From The Nabob, Volume 1 by Ives, George Burnham

Very light and fine-grained wood is seldom met near the southern limit of the range, while it is almost the rule in Missouri, where forms resembling the Norway pine are by no means rare.

From The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing by Record, Samuel J.

Very light was her heart when she awoke to this happy fact.

From How It All Came Round by Meade, L. T.