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- She saw the way salesclerks treated him lately, how condescendingly, speaking to him too loudly and using words of fewer syllables.†
p. 165.8 *condescendingly = in a manner treating others as inferior
- I mean, it's true he can be kind of a goody-goody, like 'See how much nicer I am than anybody else,' and he talks in this super-patient way that always sounds so condescending, and legend has it he behaves so well when his life doesn't work out perfectly although face it, how often has Stem's life not worked out perfectly?†
p. 204.1condescending = treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
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)