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patronizingly

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pa·tron·ize  (ptr-nz, ptr-)
tr.v. pa·tron·ized, pa·tron·iz·ing, pa·tron·iz·es
1. To act as a patron to; support or sponsor.
2. To go to as a customer, especially on a regular basis.
3. To treat in a condescending manner.
patron·i·zation (-tr-n-zshn) n.
patron·izing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.patronizingly - with condescension; in a patronizing manner; "he treats his secretary condescendingly"
condescendingly, patronisingly
Translations
patronizingly [ˈpætrənaɪzɪŋlɪ] ADV → con condescendencia
patronizingly [ˈpætrənaɪzɪŋli] patronisingly (British) adv [speak, say] (= condescendingly) → avec condescendance
patron of the arts n → mécène m
patron saint n → saint(e) patron(ne) m/f
patronizingly
adv → gönnerhaft, herablassend; a patronizingly tolerant attitude → herablassende Nachsicht
patronizingly [ˈpætrəˌnaɪzɪŋlɪ] adv → con condiscendenza
patronizingly [ˈpætrəˌnaɪzɪŋlɪ] adv → con condiscendenza


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so comforting to the love-sick young sprig who looks down patronizingly at some poor devil with a white starved face and thinks to himself, "Ah, how happy you are compared with me
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Poulter only shook his head in a significant manner at this request, and smiled patronizingly, as Jupiter may have done when Semele urged her too ambitious request.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
You are a good little man,' said the angel, patronizingly.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
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