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slight·ing·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disparagingly, slightinglyadverb

    in a disparaging manner

    "these mythological figures are described disparagingly as belonging `only to a story'"

Wiktionary

  1. slightinglyadverb

    in a slighting manner, belittlingly

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Slightinglyadverb

    Without reverence; with contempt.

    Etymology: from slighting.

    If my sceptick speaks slightingly of the opinions he opposes, I have done no more than became the part. Boyle.

ChatGPT

  1. slightingly

    Slightingly refers to the act or manner of treating something or someone as trivial, unimportant or insignificant, often expressing a somewhat disrespectful or dismissive attitude.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Slightinglyadverb

    in a slighting manner

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slightingly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slightingly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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