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according to one's lights

according to one's lights prepositional phrase: synonym of by one's lights.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Synonym of by one's lights.
    • "Well, there's her statement of her case, and according to her lights, it's a just one. She's got a slum-bred mind."1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 164
    • She tried to bring them up according to her lights, and Cal’s lights are pretty good - and another thing, the children love her.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    by one's lights

Synonyms of according to one's lights

Questions about according to one's lights

What does according to one's lights mean?
According to one's lights means synonym of by one's lights.
What part of speech is according to one's lights?
According to one's lights is a prepositional phrase.

Words near according to one's lights in the dictionary

  1. according as
  2. according to
  3. according to Cocker
  4. according to Gunter
  5. according to Hoyle
  6. according to one's lights
  7. according to one's understanding
  8. according to plan
  9. accordingly
  10. accordion
  11. accordion blind

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