slightingly

1. 1.

   in a disparaging manner

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

   Synonymsdisparagingly

Questions about slightingly

What does slightingly mean?

slightingly means "in a disparaging manner".

How many syllables are in slightingly?

slightingly has 3 syllables and divides as sligh-tin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for slightingly?

Close synonyms include disparagingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slightingly a common word?

slightingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.