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patronisingly

patronisingly is the alternative spelling of patronizingly.

Meaning of patronizingly

Adverb

patronizingly (comparative more patronizingly, superlative most patronizingly)

  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

Forms of patronisingly

comparativemore patronisingly
superlativemost patronisingly

Origin of patronisingly

From patronising + -ly.

Questions about patronisingly

What is patronisingly the alternative spelling of?
Patronisingly is the alternative spelling of patronizingly.

Words near patronisingly in the dictionary

  1. patronised
  2. patroniser
  3. patronisers
  4. patronises
  5. patronising
  6. patronisingly
  7. patronite
  8. patronites
  9. patronizable
  10. patronization
  11. patronizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: patronisingly (page history and authors); patronizingly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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