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# condescendingly

«condescendingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **better than others; talking down to them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (condescendingly)

### meaning for a pupil

In a way that shows you think you are better than others; talking down to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescendingly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in the lessons, a proud character speaks to a poor creature in a superior way

### examples

- "I won't refuse your request," said Turritella condescendingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescendingly/#x1)
- He smiled condescendingly at the younger children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescendingly/#x2)
- She explained the sum condescendingly, as if I were stupid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescendingly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «condescendingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/condescendingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.