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condescendingly, adv.|kɒndɪˈsɛndɪŋlɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a condescending manner; with condescension, or a show of it.
1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1662) 50 But familiarly and condescendingly setting out the Creation. a1699Bonnell in W. Hamilton Life ii. (1703) 66 So condescendingly gracious art Thou. 1845Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) III. lv. 85 He condescendingly asked them to ‘think he was one of them’. 1863F. A. Kemble Resid. Georgia 63 These simple remedies..are..sometimes condescendingly adopted by science. |