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Definition of Complacently
1. Adverb. In a self-satisfied manner. "He complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher"
Definition of Complacently
1. adv. In a complacent manner.
Definition of Complacently
1. Adverb. In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled. ¹
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Definition of Complacently
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complacently
Literary usage of Complacently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Edward Bagby Pollard, Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... throat as swear an oath, and esteem it a less sin," now assumed the r61e of
sinners as complacently as they had previously played the part of saints. ..."
2. Collections of the Virginia Historical Society by Virginia Historical Society (1888)
"... pleasantly and complacently insists that “Smith, of Virginia, without Pocahontas,
would be like William Tell without the apple story, * * that narrow ..."
3. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers (1853)
"... Ч е shall conclude our survey of the historical writers of this period by
devoting a few words to SIR the author complacently declares to be ' collected ..."
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