patronisingly

1. 1.

   with condescension; in a patronizing manner

   “he treats his secretary condescendingly”

   Synonymscondescendinglypatronizingly

Questions about patronisingly

What does patronisingly mean?

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

How many syllables are in patronisingly?

patronisingly has 5 syllables and divides as pa-tro-ni-sin-gly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for patronisingly?

Close synonyms include condescendingly, patronizingly. 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.