Slightingly
[s'laɪtɪŋlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) In a slighting manner.
Edited by Jason
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Disrespectfully, scornfully, contemptuously, slightly, with contempt, with scorn.
Typist: Nora
Examples
- She is not a clever girl, but she has better sense than you are aware of, and does not deserve to have her understanding spoken of so slightingly. Jane Austen. Emma.
- If I wished to think slightingly of anybody's children, it should not be of my own, however. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She said them slightingly, but not with displeasure. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- To treat her with unkindness, to speak of her slightingly is no atonement to Mariannenor can I suppose it a relief to your own conscience. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Typist: Nora