slightingly

slightingly
adverb see slighting

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Slightingly — Slight ing*ly, adv. In a slighting manner. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • slightingly — See slighting. * * * …   Universalium

  • slightingly — adverb in a slighting manner, belittlingly …   Wiktionary

  • slightingly — ad. Disrespectfully, scornfully, contemptuously, slightly, with contempt, with scorn …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • slightingly — slight·ing·ly …   English syllables

  • slightingly — adverb in a disparaging manner these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging only to a story • Syn: ↑disparagingly • Derived from adjective: ↑slighting, ↑disparaging (for: ↑disparagingly) …   Useful english dictionary

  • speak of slightingly — index defame Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • speak slightingly — index jeer, lessen Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • speak slightingly of — index decry, derogate, discommend, misprize Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • slighting — slightingly, adv. /sluy ting/, adj. derogatory and disparaging; belittling. [1605 15; SLIGHT + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

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