All 15 Uses of
condescending
in
Pride and Prejudice
- "Undoubtedly," replied Darcy, to whom this remark was chiefly addressed, "there is a meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation.†
p. 40.3condescend = to treat others as inferior; or to do something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- The subject elevated him to more than usual solemnity of manner, and with a most important aspect he protested that "he had never in his life witnessed such behavior in a person of rank—such affability and condescension, as he had himself experienced from Lady Catherine.†
p. 65.4condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors; or the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- She had even condescended to advise him to marry as soon as he could, provided he chose with discretion; and had once paid him a visit in his humble parsonage, where she had perfectly approved all the alterations he had been making, and had even vouchsafed to suggest some herself—some shelves in the closet upstairs.†
p. 65.8condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity; or treated others as inferior
- But she is perfectly amiable, and often condescends to drive by my humble abode in her little phaeton and ponies.†
p. 66.6condescends = treats others as inferior; or does something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- Twice has she condescended to give me her opinion (unasked too!)†
p. 103.7condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity; or treated others as inferior
- She is all affability and condescension, and I doubt not but you will be honored with some portion of her notice when service is over.†
p. 155.3condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors; or the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, and of letting them see her civility towards himself and his wife, was exactly what he had wished for; and that an opportunity of doing it should be given so soon, was such an instance of Lady Catherine's condescension, as he knew not how to admire enough.†
p. 157.2
- Her ladyship, with great condescension, arose to receive them;
p. 158.9 *condescension = doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- There is but one part of my conduct in the whole affair on which I do not reflect with satisfaction; it is that I condescended to adopt the measures of art so far as to conceal from him your sister's being in town.†
p. 194.1condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity; or treated others as inferior
- When they parted, Lady Catherine, with great condescension, wished them a good journey, and invited them to come to Hunsford again next year; and Miss de Bourgh exerted herself so far as to curtsey and hold out her hand to both.†
p. 207.9condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors; or the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- Our plain manner of living, our small rooms and few domestics, and the little we see of the world, must make Hunsford extremely dull to a young lady like yourself; but I hope you will believe us grateful for the condescension, and that we have done everything in our power to prevent your spending your time unpleasantly.†
p. 208.5
- They agree with me in apprehending that this false step in one daughter will be injurious to the fortunes of all the others; for who, as Lady Catherine herself condescendingly says, will connect themselves with such a family?†
p. 282.2condescendingly = in a manner treating others as inferior
- 'After mentioning the likelihood of this marriage to her ladyship last night, she immediately, with her usual condescension, expressed what she felt on the occasion; when it become apparent, that on the score of some family objections on the part of my cousin, she would never give her consent to what she termed so disgraceful a match.†
p. 343.4condescension = the act of treating others as inferiors; or the act of doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- He is the kind of man, indeed, to whom I should never dare refuse anything, which he condescended to ask.†
p. 356.3condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity; or treated others as inferior
- But at length, by Elizabeth's persuasion, he was prevailed on to overlook the offense, and seek a reconciliation; and, after a little further resistance on the part of his aunt, her resentment gave way, either to her affection for him, or her curiosity to see how his wife conducted herself; and she condescended to wait on them at Pemberley, in spite of that pollution which its woods had received, not merely from the presence of such a mistress, but the visits of her uncle and aunt from the city.†
p. 367.6
Definition:
treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity