patronizinglyadv.
/ˈpatrənʌɪzɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈpeɪtrəˌnaɪzɪŋli/, /ˈpætrəˌnaɪzɪŋli/ In a patronizing or condescending manner.
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the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb]
dignelyc1374
hautainlyc1400
deignouslyc1440
disdaininglyc1485
royally?c1500
disdainouslya1513
haughtly1523
superciliously1528
disdainishly?1529
disdainfullya1533
disdainedly1535
lordlikea1555
squeamishly1571
haughtily1572
state1579
coy1581
lordly1589
overly1610
lordlily1611
condescendingly1653
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
coyly1673
cavalierly1718
slightily1740
skeigh1792
patronizingly1834
Olympically1839
superiorly1844
Olympianly1871
superior1891
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > with assumed or patronizing courtesy
patronizingly1834
condescendingly1845
1834 A. Bunn Minister & Mercer ii. i. 34 Rat. (Patronizingly.) You are too good.
1883 A. Dobson Fielding vi. 165 The hitherto unfriendly Gentleman's patronisingly styles [it] an ‘excellent piece’.
1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 562/2 Tommy..patronisingly swept his eyes round the caps and aprons with a ‘Thank ye kindly.’
1951 I. Asimov Found. Trilogy-Found. i. iii. 60 That is the scientific method. At least—patronizingly—as I see it.
1988 J. Hamilton Idle Hill of Summer (1989) xi. 138 It was patronisingly indulgent to suppose nobody else had murderous thoughts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1834