patronizingly

1. 1.

   with condescension; in a patronizing manner

   “he treats his secretary condescendingly”

   Synonymscondescendinglypatronisingly

Questions about patronizingly

What does patronizingly mean?

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

How many syllables are in patronizingly?

patronizingly has 5 syllables: pa-tro-ni-zin-gly. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for patronizingly?

Close synonyms include condescendingly, 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 patronizingly a common word?

patronizingly 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.