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CONDESCENDINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does condescendingly mean?
• CONDESCENDINGLY (adverb)
The adverb CONDESCENDINGLY has 1 sense:
1. with condescension; in a patronizing manner
Familiarity information: CONDESCENDINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With condescension; in a patronizing manner
Synonyms:
condescendingly; patronisingly; patronizingly
Context example:
he treats his secretary condescendingly
Pertainym:
condescending ((used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension)
Context examples
“Yes, William,” I said, condescendingly (I knew him); “I am going to London. I shall go down into Suffolk afterwards.”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
They agree with me in apprehending that this false step in one daughter will be injurious to the fortunes of all the others; for who, as Lady Catherine herself condescendingly says, will connect themselves with such a family?
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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