All 6 Uses of
condescending
in
The Return of the Native
- "You shall feel so again," said Wildeve, with condescension, "Cups or glasses, gentlemen?"†
Chpt 1
- He waited in his customary manner by walking round the enclosure and idling by the pool, for Wildeve was never asked into the house by his proud though condescending mistress.†
Chpt 1
- It was a condescension in me to be Clym's wife, and not a manoeuvre, let me remind you; and therefore I will not be treated as a schemer whom it becomes necessary to bear with because she has crept into the family."†
Chpt 4
- It is amusing to hear you talk of condescension.†
Chpt 4
- "It was condescension, nevertheless," said Eustacia vehemently.
Chpt 4 *condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
- The driver of the fly turned a supercilious gaze upon them; he even treated the wedded pair themselves with something like condescension; for in what other state than heathen could people, rich or poor, exist who were doomed to abide in such a world's end as Egdon?†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity