Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-DE-SCEND'ING-LY
CON-DE-SCEND'INGCON-DE-SCEN'SION
CON-DE-SCEND'ING-LY, adv.
By way of yielding to inferiors; with voluntary submission; by way of kind concession; courteously. – Atterbury.
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