All 4 Uses of
condescending
in
The Thief by Turner
- "He's probably septic," Ambiades warned, teasing me in a tone just a little more condescending than the one he used on Sophos.†
Chpt 3
- I lay there while the magus directed the unpacking of the horses and listened as Ambiades carefully and condescendingly instructed Sophos in the construction of a cooking fire.†
Chpt 4
- His voice dripped condescension.
Chpt 5 *condescension = a manner that treats others as inferiors
- To break the silence, he at last condescended to ask me to tell him the story of Eugenides and the thunderbolts.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity