Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a condescending manner; so as to show condescension: as, to address a person condescendingly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a condescending manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
condescending manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with condescension; in a patronizing manner
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Examples
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And I don't use that term condescendingly, I use it as a matter of factual concern.
The Purdue Exponent 2010
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And I don't use that term condescendingly, I use it as a matter of factual concern.
The Purdue Exponent 2010
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And I don't use that term condescendingly, I use it as a matter of factual concern.
The Purdue Exponent 2010
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And I don't use that term condescendingly, I use it as a matter of factual concern.
The Purdue Exponent 2010
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Or they raise an eyebrow and gaze in the camera condescendingly, which is Lou Dobbs 'trademark euphemism when he has nothing valid to say.
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She used my first name condescendingly, as Madam Scarasse had grown accustomed to doing.
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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She used my first name condescendingly, as Madam Scarasse had grown accustomed to doing.
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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She used my first name condescendingly, as Madam Scarasse had grown accustomed to doing.
Angels of a Lower Flight Susie Scott Krabacher 2007
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Obama "condescendingly" implied that Americans don't read the Bible.
BTDF 2008
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'Taint much outer my way, "condescendingly;" I'll take you there. "
Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart George Madden Martin 1901
bilby commented on the word condescendingly
"Constantine and I are going downstairs," said Tom condescendingly.
September 18, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word condescendingly
"Tom and I are going downstairs to get some whipped cream," said Constantine epexegetically, and condescendingly.
September 18, 2011