Slightingly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈslaɪtɪŋli/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Slightingly is an adverb meaning (archaic) In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously.
Meaning
(archaic) In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously.
Example Sentences
He [Lord Byron] is fond of gossip, and apt to speak slightingly of some of his friends, but is loyal to others.
After having talked ſlightingly of muſick, he vvas obſerved to liſten very attentively vvhile Miſs Thrale played on the harpſichord, […]
Huſh, Siſter! Huſh! ſaid he: I vvill not bear to hear her ſpoken ſlightingly of! 'Tis enough, that to oblige your violent and indecent Caprice, you make me compromiſe vvith you thus.
"I am astonished, my dear," said Mrs. Bennet, "that you should be so ready to think your own children silly. If I wished to think slightingly of anybody's children, it should not be of my own however."
Synonyms for slightingly
Depending on context, synonyms include deprecatively, disdainfully, dismissively.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slightily, slightually, lightly, belittlingly, slightley, minorly.
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