slightingly

Definizione monolingua

slightingly

slightingly (comparative more slightingly, superlative most slightingly)

1. (archaic) in a slighting manner, belittlingly
   • 1880, John Nichol, Byron^[1]:

     He is fond of gossip, and apt to speak slightingly of some of his friends, but is loyal to others.

   • 1915, James Branch Cabell, The Rivet in Grandfathers Neck^[2]:

     The colonel touched upon the time when buzzards, in the guise of carpet-baggers, had battened upon the recumbent form; and spoke slightingly of divers persons of antiquity as compared with various Confederate leaders, whose names were greeted with approving nods and ripples of polite enthusiasm.

   • 1786, Boswell, Life Of Johnson, Volume 5^[3]:

     I was afraid of a quarrel between Dr. Johnson and Mr. MAulay, who talked slightingly of the lower English clergy.

   • 1832, Edward Berens, Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford^[4]:

     They are, I believe, sometimes spoken slightingly of by men of learning; I, however, as an unlearned man, think them particularly useful.

Definizione dizionario slightingly

Altri significati:

(archaic) in a slighting manner, belittlingly