unpatronizinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpatrənʌɪzɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənˈpeɪtrəˌnaɪzɪŋli/, /ˌənˈpætrəˌnaɪzɪŋli/ In an unpatronizing manner; without condescension.
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1866 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 348 Why should men leave their homes.., when the greatest thinkers of our age, of all times, are willing to instruct us at home patiently and unpatronizingly?
1894 Boston Daily Advertiser 11 May 4/1 Women of education and social position..extend a helpfulness that is as cordially welcomed as it is generously and unpatronizingly proffered.
1957 Phi Delta Kappan 39 95 America's position of leadership makes it increasingly important that aid be extended intelligently, patiently, unpatronizingly.
2000 E. Smith Hard-boiled iii. 102 Warpole argues that this fiction was important in the making of working-class militants because it unpatronizingly represented life in large cities.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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