Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a complacent manner; with or from pleasure or gratification, especially self-satisfaction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a complacent manner.
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- adverb In a
complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
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- adverb in a self-satisfied manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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= Philistines =, a title complacently bestowed, in England and America, by the advance-guard in literature and art, on the Conservatives.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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His expression became complacently aloof as he regarded her with lazy interest.
Wildcatter’s Woman Janet Dailey 1990
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His expression became complacently aloof as he regarded her with lazy interest.
Wildcatter’s Woman Janet Dailey 1990
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His expression became complacently aloof as he regarded her with lazy interest.
Wildcatter’s Woman Janet Dailey 1990
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His expression became complacently aloof as he regarded her with lazy interest.
Wildcatter’s Woman Janet Dailey 1990
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Above the enormous fireplace, the fifth baronet pointed his sword complacently at a perpetual cloudburst.
Final Curtain Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1935
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The captain, happier than before, called complacently for Cayenne pepper, and relished his mock-turtle with a higher gusto.
The Twins A Domestic Novel Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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The captain, happier than before, called complacently for Cayenne pepper, and relished his mock-turtle with a higher gusto.
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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Burke, as desperate a cracksman as the country can produce, with, "complacently," a record second to none in his class.
Half A Chance Frederic S. Isham
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Perhaps I spoil her a little, "complacently;" but then I dare say, "playfully," that your father spoils you. "
Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Margaret Bruce Clarke
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