What does condescendingly mean?

condescendingly means "with condescension; in a patronizing manner".

How many syllables are in condescendingly?

condescendingly has 5 syllables: con-de-scen-din-gly. The stress falls on "scen".

What is another word for condescendingly?

Close synonyms include patronizingly, patronisingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is condescendingly a common word?

condescendingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

condescendingly — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
with condescension; in a patronizing manner
“he treats his secretary condescendingly”
Synonymspatronizingly patronisingly

Questions about condescendingly

What does condescendingly mean?: condescendingly means "with condescension; in a patronizing manner".
How many syllables are in condescendingly?: condescendingly has 5 syllables: con-de-scen-din-gly. The stress falls on "scen".
What is another word for condescendingly?: Close synonyms include patronizingly, patronisingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is condescendingly a common word?: condescendingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for condescendingly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
with condescension; in a patronizing manner
“he treats his secretary condescendingly”
Synonymspatronizingly patronisingly

Questions about condescendingly

What does condescendingly mean?: condescendingly means "with condescension; in a patronizing manner".
How many syllables are in condescendingly?: condescendingly has 5 syllables: con-de-scen-din-gly. The stress falls on "scen".
What is another word for condescendingly?: Close synonyms include patronizingly, patronisingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is condescendingly a common word?: condescendingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for condescendingly come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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