slightingly /ˈslaɪtɪŋli/ adverb1 •In a slighting manner; belittlingly, contemptuously.Hush, Sister! Hush! said he: I vvill not bear to hear her spoken slightingly of! 'Tis enough, that to oblige your violent and indecent Caprice, you make me compromise vvith you thus. — 1741 formsmore slightingly · most slightingly