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  • adverb UK Alternative spelling of patronizingly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with condescension; in a patronizing manner

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Examples

  • "You're beautiful inside and out", says Davina, patronisingly, which is a bit rich from a woman wearing a dress nicked from Pete Burns 'wardrobe.

    Big Brother 2010 final: the liveblog 2010

  • And, please, don't patronisingly mutter: "Well, he would say that, being Irish..."

    Inside the anti-kettling HQ 2011

  • If you want to comment upon what I say, please do me the courtesy of actually reading it, avoiding shoe-horning your own personal axe to grind into it and maybe not coming over quite so patronisingly. on March 2, 2010 at 8: 49 pm inspectorgadget

    I’m Here For An Argument. No You’re Not! Yes I am! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Handing out new books to those patronisingly thought to be in need of them has little or nothing to do with literacy but, of course, has everything to do with the amount of money made by authors and publishers and it would have been more honest had those fulminating against the threat to cut the £13m of taxpayers' money presently doled out to this so-called charity declared their financial interest.

    How did we let finance become our master instead of servant? | Letters 2011

  • Some of them, with schooners they have sailed around the Horn, have looked proudly at their own lofty sticks and huge spreads, then patronisingly and even pityingly at ours.

    SMALL-BOAT SAILING 2010

  • Finally, more than a decade after her death, I realised that my mother was no worse a parent than many of the ones who said so patronisingly that Edith "meant well".

    I'm not angry with Edith any more 2011

  • Its insistence on appealing to all ages means elder gamers may find it patronisingly straightforward.

    iPod, iPhone & iPad games round-up 2011

  • We were recently sent an e-mail from our rep, patronisingly entitled ‘What do we do?’

    National Victim Agency – Deckchairs, Titanic. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010

  • Under Tony Mowbray the Baggies were somewhat patronisingly, though not totally inaccurately, characterised as a positive passing side with not quite enough steel to stay up.

    West Brom do not look like yoyos now Roberto Di Matteo has added steel Paul Wilson 2010

  • Journalists from other papers and media turn up, including an unpleasant hotshot from Robert's own publication who muscles-in on Robert's area and patronisingly sets out to show Robert how it is done.

    Book review Maxine 2009

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