Obs. rare. [OE. léohtlic, f. léoht LIGHT sb. + -lic -LY1.] Brilliant, lightsome.
a. 1000. Riddles, xxx. 3 (Gr.). Lyhtfæt leohtlic listum ʓeʓierwed.
c. 1440. Hylton, Scala Perf. (W. de W., 1494), II. xxvii. This hundreth folde that a soule shall haue ys noughte but the profyte of this lightly derkenes.