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patronizingly

patronizingly adverb: in a patronizing manner.

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 patronizingly

comparativemore patronizingly
superlativemost patronizingly
alternative formpatronisingly

Origin of patronizingly

From patronizing + -ly.

Questions about patronizingly

What does patronizingly mean?
Patronizingly means in a patronizing manner.
What part of speech is patronizingly?
Patronizingly is an adverb.

Words near patronizingly in the dictionary

  1. patronized
  2. patronizer
  3. patronizers
  4. patronizes
  5. patronizing
  6. patronizingly
  7. patronless
  8. patronlike
  9. patronly
  10. patronne
  11. patronnes

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