Meanings
adverbpatronizingly (comparative more patronizingly, superlative most patronizingly)
comparative more patronizingly · superlative most patronizingly · alternative patronisingly
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith condescension; in a patronizing manner
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