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Meanings of patronizing way in English

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Usage of patronizing way in English
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We'll get it out to him, he said in a patronizing way now.
The last illusion
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Polynesia often spoke to me in a very patronizing way.
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
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Jim opened his eyes lazily and puffed his cigarette in a calm, patronizing way.
The Foolish Virgin
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He had even begun to call her "Sister" in an odd little patronizing way.
Stubble
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Jack nodded his head in a patronizing way.
Jezebel's Daughter
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I know your weakness, Pinky; and she touched her under the chin in a familiar, patronizing way.
Cast Adrift
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Then Ellis said, in his patronizing way:
The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
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The act was still girlish, but, nevertheless, she looked down upon him in a superior, patronizing way.
Susy, a Story of the Plains
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He bowed his head in a patronizing way, and returned to the original question: Isn't this a monkey?
Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty years a slave, and Four Years in t...
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You could see that in the complacent and almost patronizing way he was beginning to put the pressure on.
Nothing in her way
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Washington Flagg straightened himself for an instant, and then smiled upon me in an amused, patronizing way quite untranslatable.
The Queen of Sheba, and My Cousin the Colonel
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Important changes are coming out of the religious domain, which elite culture currently ignores or views in a patronizing way.
Wired
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He liked Father Brown in a slightly patronizing way; and Father Brown liked him, though he heartily disliked his theories.
The Wisdom of Father Brown
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He said this in an easy, patronizing way, as though Cowperwood had not really thought it all out years before.
The Titan
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He tolerated Joan, openly praised her beauty, and became resigned in a more or less patronizing way to the minor distractions of local life.
A Son of the Immortals
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She had a patronizing way with me that I put up with: Adolphe wished that I could have her wit and preponderance in society.
Petty Troubles of Married Life, Second Part
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