slighter ( gh silent)

[Eng. slight, v.; -er.] One who slights or neglects. "I do not believe you are so great an undervaluer or slighter of it, as not to preserve it tenderly and thriftily." -Bp. Taylor: Artificial Handsomene , p. 102. *slight-ful ( gh silent), a. [SLEIGHTFUL.] slight-ing ( gh silent), pr . par . or a . [SLIGHT, v.] slight-ing-lỹ ( gh -ilent), adv . [Eng.slighting; -ly . In a slighting manner; with neglect, disregard, or disrespect. "A person whom we esteemed our friend has spoken slightingly of us."-Knox: E ay 25. J slight-lỹ ( gh silent), *sleight-ly, adv . [Eng. slight , a.; -ly. In a slight manner or degree; as, (1) In a In a small degree: not strongly, violently, or dangerously; inconsiderably. "If I gall him slightly ."- Shakesp .: Hamlet, iv. 7. (2) Carele ly, negligently, superficially; not thoroughly or exhaustively. "I haue not sleightly looked, but by many yeres studied and aduisedly considered."- Sir T. More: Works , p. 1,435. *(3) Slightingly, contemptuously, thoughtle ly. IMG:content-1584.png:[blocks in formation] "Give way the while T' unstable slightne ." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, iii. 1.