All 3 Uses
patronize
in
Me Before You
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- I was working out what I could add about how patronizing he was when I turned and saw that he was still looking at me.†
p. 180.3 *
- Now he was just Will—maddening, mercurial, clever, funny Will—who patronized me and liked to play Professor Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle.†
p. 204.8
- 'Don't patronize her, dear.†
p. 289.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(patronize as in: Don't patronize me.) treat in a manner that demonstrates a sense of superiority, but is supposed to seem kind
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(2)
(patronize as in: patronize the store) to be a customer of, or to support (as a patron)
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)