Both Uses of
condescending
in
Hard Times
- And she said it with such great condescension as well as with such great compassion for him, that Bounderby, — far more disconcerted than if she had thrown her workbox at the mirror, or swooned on the hearthrug, — corked up the smelling-salts tight in his pocket, and thought, 'Now confound this woman, who could have even guessed that she would take it in this way!'†
Chpt 1.16
- But I shall be happy, sir, if you will condescend.'†
Chpt 2.8 *
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity