All 6 Uses
condescending
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Fathers and Sons
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- he thought to himself, and his heart was filled with a feeling of condescending tenderness for his kind, soft-hearted father, mixed with a sense of secret superiority.
Chpt 3 *condescending = a manner that treats others as inferiors
- He had the highest opinion of himself; his vanity knew no bounds, but he behaved simply, looked affable, listened condescendingly, and laughed so good-naturedly, that on a first acquaintance he might even be taken for 'a jolly good fellow.'†
Chpt 12condescendingly = in a manner treating others as inferior
- He slapped Arkady on the back, and called him loudly 'nephew'; vouchsafed Bazarov—who was attired in a rather old evening coat—a sidelong glance in passing—absent but condescending—and an indistinct but affable grunt, in which nothing could be distinguished but 'I ...' and 'very much'; gave Sitnikov a finger and a smile, though with his head already averted; even to Madame Kukshin, who made her appearance at the ball with dirty gloves, no crinoline, and a bird of Paradise in her hair, he said 'enchante.'†
Chpt 14condescending = treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- He had, it is true, during the whole time continually felt as though she were condescending to him, as though he ought to be grateful to her ...but young hearts are not weighed down by that feeling.†
Chpt 14
- With Katya, on the other hand, Arkady felt at home; he treated her condescendingly, encouraged her to express the impressions made on her by music, reading novels, verses, and other such trifles, without noticing or realising that these trifles were what interested him too.†
Chpt 17condescendingly = in a manner treating others as inferior
- The prolonged absence of his son had begun to make Nikolai Petrovitch uneasy; he uttered a cry of joy, and bounced about on the sofa, dangling his legs, when Fenitchka ran to him with sparkling eyes, and informed him of the arrival of the 'young gentlemen'; even Pavel Petrovitch was conscious of some degree of agreeable excitement, and smiled condescendingly as he shook hands with the returned wanderers.†
Chpt 22
Definitions:
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(1)
(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)