patronizing
adjective
displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner.
patronizingly
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a word derived from
patronizing.
Example Sentences
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“They would have patronizingly patted us on the shoulder and given us rotten potatoes as humanitarian assistance while thinking how to chip away pieces from us.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
McCain very patronizingly asked her fellow "The View" hosts.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2021
The Voltaire scholar Theodore Besterman patronizingly entertained her queries.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
They try to solve what philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn has patronizingly called “puzzles,” problems whose solution buttresses the prevailing paradigm.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2019
But most of Ben’s hatred and humiliation was directed at the waiter, who shook his head with a patronizingly bemused tolerance.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
