Which word best describes how the author ironically portrays Mr.Symmes in this line?
So spoke this poor, heathenish Kentuckian, who had not been instructed in his constitutional relations, and consequently was betrayed into acting in a sort of Christianized manner, which, if he had been better situated and more enlightened, he would not have been left to do.
contemptuously
condescendingly
empathetically
sympathetically

Question

Which word best describes how the author ironically portrays Mr.Symmes in this line?
So spoke this poor, heathenish Kentuckian, who had not been instructed in his constitutional relations, and consequently was betrayed into acting in a sort of Christianized manner, which, if he had been better situated and more enlightened, he would not have been left to do.
contemptuously
condescendingly
empathetically
sympathetically

liv1234 · Answer

Do you know what ironic means?

liv1234 · Answer

By the way, it would be B.

drii_salsa · Answer

doesnt it mean it means one thing but its another?

liv1234 · Answer

He is being condescending while talking about the person, you can tell by the tone of the story.(: