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slightingly - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'slightingly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Slightingly [ adv.]
- In a slighting manner.

Meaning of 'slightingly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . slightingly [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in a disparaging manner
Example in sentence:
  • these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'