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Some people in the dementia field believe that to think of the disease as a terrible harm is to think slightingly of people who are living with it.

From The New Yorker Oct. 1, 2018

Modern English translations are often slightingly compared to the King James, unfairly so.

From The Guardian Mar. 1, 2011

He referred slightingly to President Coolidge as "Careful Cal."

From Time Magazine Archive

He was only supposed to refer slightingly to Roosevelt as "Junior."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was as though she had directly insulted me by speaking so slightingly of herself.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson




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