patronizingly

adv

patronizingly

adv

Etymology From patronizing + -ly.

1

In a patronizing manner.

`Anyway, Bob's on a good wicket!' said Cummings patronisingly. `I wouldn't mind taking on the job myself.'1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 231:

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