He treats his secretary condescendingly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
And I don't use that term condescendingly, I use it as a matter of factual concern. From Wordnik.com. [The Purdue Exponent]
Or they raise an eyebrow and gaze in the camera condescendingly, which is Lou Dobbs 'trademark euphemism when he has nothing valid to say. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Russnow: Lou Dobbs and His Ilk are Wrong: Why I Bought Stock Friday for the First Time in Years] Reference
'Taint much outer my way, "condescendingly;" I'll take you there. ". From Wordnik.com. [Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart] Reference
"Well, you're only human," she said condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [Isle of View]
How condescendingly he accepted all this deserved homage!. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
“All right, calm down,” Waleran said condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
“Did you mean Britney Spears?” it asks, condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [Technology: Culture and Celebrity] Reference
'How do you do, little man?' says the latter condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [Australian Writers] Reference
"Quite a nice little toy," said the boy, nodding condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor] Reference
"Ah! 'tis you, Mr. Fairburn," said the great man condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne] Reference
She paused at the door, and said condescendingly: "May I come in?". From Wordnik.com. [The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty] Reference
'He'd grasped everything a bit better,' Evan allowed condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [Smokescreen]
"Let me see your tunnel pass, boy," the man demanded condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Matter]
“Spring thaw,” repeated Fitzjames and smiled almost condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
"I noticed there were two little girls," rejoined Annette condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia] Reference
So he seated himself, and waited condescendingly for the inventor to continue. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference
"Well, I don't keep that kind, you see," explained Mr. Carney, condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878] Reference
He did not condescendingly explain his answers to the boy's childish questions. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
"Yes, do you know them?" she asked condescendingly, turning halfway toward him. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight]
“No! I always have some liqueurs in my room …” He answers condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [The 13 Culprits]
And then, a bit lordly, a bit condescendingly, he offered to amend his statement. From Wordnik.com. [Frazier vs. Ali in Cleveland] Reference
Mrs. Chapman said this condescendingly, and with an air of admiration truly grand. From Wordnik.com. [The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family] Reference
He writes pleasantly about painters, and condescendingly of gardeners and gardening. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864] Reference
"If someone dared you to eat dirt, you could, couldn't you?" he asked condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [Twilight]
This handsome offer was condescendingly accepted, and the good man seemed quite relieved. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
"We're still treating them as we did in the past -- a bit condescendingly," says Klingner. From Wordnik.com. [IS THREE A CROWD?] Reference
"I don't know, Madame," answered this personage, condescendingly, without taking his hat off. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The man was large, raw-boned and brindled, and he, also, walked in, complacently and condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
Her hippie teenage daughter looks on condescendingly as her mom pores over "" Our Bodies, Ourselves. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Our Bodice, Ourselves] Reference
"Oh, you couldn't -- you're just a girl, but I'll show you where I got up," said Ernest condescendingly. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
Madame Flamingo; no one can reciprocate this regard more condescendingly than the honorable Board of Aldermen do. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
My father was undoubtedly a gentleman, and this was most condescendingly admitted by his wife's fastidious coterie. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
For one, they say, women suffering from PMDD won't be as likely to be condescendingly dismissed by physicians they consult. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Sadness Or Madness?] Reference
Long gone are the books that condescendingly introduced children to the quaint customs of our little friends from foreign lands. From Wordnik.com. [It's A Not So Small World] Reference
The Pekingese are very discriminative and frequently condescendingly refer to all other Chinese as "outside men" or "foreigners.". From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
The professor looked expectantly and a bit condescendingly at the traveler, hoping that the man would take this face-saving opportunity. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Old Attic] Reference
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