The Only Use of
condescending
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- These two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person—that being better suited to the still smaller fry—but sat together on an eminence and conducted the field operations by orders delivered through aides-de-camp.†
Chpt 3condescend = to treat others as inferior; or to do something considered beneath one's position or dignity
Definition:
treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity