patricianlyadv.
/pəˈtrɪʃnli/, U.S. /pəˈtrɪʃ(ə)nli/ In a patrician manner, aristocratically.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adverb]
above (or below, beneath, under) the salt1597
aristocratically1837
patricianly1893
1893 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 117 Trying to take her patricianly gloved hand in his.
1963 P. Goodman Making Do xi. 123 She had invented the method at the Remedial Reading Coffee-House, to which she patricianly gave one afternoon a week.
2003 Variety (Nexis) 12 May 112 Topped by a flock of patricianly silver crinkly hair, Julio Fernandez's face pops round the door.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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