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Slightingly

//ˈslaɪtɪŋli// adv

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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

Etymology

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

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