patronizingly
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (UK, Australia) patronisingly
Etymology[edit]
patronizing + -ly
Adverb[edit]
patronizingly (comparative more patronizingly, superlative most patronizingly)
- In a patronizing manner.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 231:
- `Anyway, Bob's on a good wicket!' said Cummings patronisingly. `I wouldn't mind taking on the job myself.'