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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1654
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(Slichty,) Slighty, adj.1 [17th c. Eng. slighty (1619); Slight adj.1] Lacking in seriousness, careless. — 1654 Johnston Diary II (App. A) 311.
Many cases falleth out to trye us … an il word of slighty cariage, not taking [?] their waye or disclayming ours
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