slightingly

«slightingly» in Mova's school dictionary: In a scornful way that shows you think little of someone… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (slightingly)

meaning for a pupil

In a scornful way that shows you think little of someone or something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the lessons a character speaks or thinks of someone or something as unimportant, which hurts the one spoken of

examples

• He spoke slightingly of his little sister's drawing. tree →
• She laughed slightingly at my idea. tree →
• The king thought slightingly of the poor fisher. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «slightingly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.