patronizingly
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (UK, Australia) patronisingly
Etymology edit
patronizing + -ly
Adverb edit
patronizingly (comparative more patronizingly, superlative most patronizingly)
- In a patronizing manner.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 231:
- `Anyway, Bob's on a good wicket!' said Cummings patronisingly. `I wouldn't mind taking on the job myself.'