Both Uses of
condescending
in
Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
- "Well, sir," said Japp condescendingly, "you shall be in it too. I can tell you, it's something of a feather in your cap to have inside knowledge of a case like this."
Chpt 1 *condescendingly = a manner that treats others as inferiors
- I did not see him again until the evening, when he condescended to tell me what he had been doing.†
Chpt 2condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity; or treated others as inferior
Definition:
treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity