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 puddings, such as custards, should be placed in a steamer.

From The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil

Very light was Frank's step when he carried the reapers their dinner.

From Frank and Fanny by Clara Jessup Moore, Mrs. Bloomfield H. Moore

Here's a lady come to town Puts us all to shame; Walking in with noiseless feet, Very light and very fleet, Over-night she came.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919 by Various