Slightingly

//ˈslaɪtɪŋli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously. archaic

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a disparaging manner wordnet

Synonyms

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deprecativelydisdainfullydismissivelydisparaginglydisparaginglydisparagingly

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"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."

Etymology

From slighting (“in the manner of a slight, belittling, deprecative”, adjective) + -ly (suffix forming adverbs).

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