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treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- Elinor joyfully profited by the first of these proposals, and thus by a little of that address which Marianne could never condescend to practise, gained her own end, and pleased Lady Middleton at the same time.Chapter 23 (95% in)
- You will have much pleasure in being in London, and especially in being together; and if Elinor would ever condescend to anticipate enjoyment, she would foresee it there from a variety of sources; she would, perhaps, expect some from improving her acquaintance with her sister-in-law's family."Chapter 25 (75% in)
There are no more uses of "condescending" in Sense and Sensibility.
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