Hypertext Webster Gateway: "patronizingly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Patronizing \Pa"tron*i`zing\, a.
Showing condescending favor; assuming the manner of airs of a
superior toward another. -- {Pat"ron*i`zing*ly}, adv.
Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
patronizingly
adv : with condescension; "he treats his secretary
condescendingly" [syn: {condescendingly}]
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