Literary notes about SLUR (AI summary)
In literature, the word "slur" carries a wide range of meanings, from an insult against a person’s reputation or honor—as when one is said to cast a slur on another’s memory or character, provoking resentment or indignation [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]—to the act of glossing over details or omitting information [6, 7, 8, 9]. Authors also employ it in technical contexts, such as in musical notation where a slur connects distinct notes for smooth execution [10, 11], or in descriptions of speech, where slurring refers to the blending of syllables in casual or affected speech [12, 13, 14]. This multifaceted usage enriches narrative and poetic language by imbuing the term with both literal and metaphorical layers of meaning [15, 16, 17, 18, 19].
- "I do not understand what the Press meant by my casting a slur on his memory.
— from The Life of Captain Sir Richard F. Burton, volume 2 (of 2) By His Wife, Isabel Burton by Burton, Isabel, Lady - “Do you intend to cast a slur upon her?”
— from Hushed Up! A Mystery of London by William Le Queux - Rosamund had a great deal of the pride of her sex, and she resented any slur on it.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith - Now these words were uttered loud enough to reach Nance inside the barn door, who fired up immediately at the slur upon her personal character.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - “The slur on my name and honor—that’s all apart from myself.”
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - In fact, he seemed anxious to get on with his speech, and slur the matter over.
— from Psmith in the City by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse - The sealing of a pledge is not a matter to slur over with careless haste, but requires due time.
— from The Return of Peter GrimmNovelised From the Play by David Belasco - Hence he may slur over or omit historic facts of wider interest, while he records apparently trivial incidents or sayings which light up a character.
— from Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill - If I made any attempt to slur over or keep out of sight any item which I feared he would not like, it was sure to come out.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore - General Remarks on Bowing—Useful Method of Combining Scale Practice with Study of Various Bowings—Smooth Bowings—Crescendo—Diminuendo—The Slur.
— from Antonio Stradivari by Horace Petherick - As a rule they are connected to the main note by a slur.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Every note must be distinct, and not the faintest suspicion of a "slur" or portamento can be allowed.
— from Advice to Singers by Frederick James Crowest - Do not slur whole sentences together; on the other hand, do not pronounce as though each syllable were a separate tongue and lip exercise.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post - Notice later the syllables that children commonly slur over.
— from Special Method in the Reading of Complete English ClassicsIn the Grades of the Common School by Charles A. (Charles Alexander) McMurry - Michael resented this slur upon the generation to which he belonged.
— from Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie - I am not to be a party to throwing a slur upon the Federal judiciary.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete ContentsDresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll - Shall we thus cast a slur upon the perfect work of Christ?
— from The All-Sufficiency of Christ. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. I by Charles Henry Mackintosh - Quite on the contrary he contented himself simply with replying to Clay's slur.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Fetyukovitch succeeded in casting a slur on all of them, and dismissing them with a certain derision.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
