Meanings
- 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 1641 more example
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, →OCLCSynonyms: by one's lights
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseSynonym of by one's lights.
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