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complacently, adv.|kəmˈpleɪsəntlɪ| [f. complacent + -ly2.] In a complacent manner; with pleasure or satisfaction: esp. with self-satisfaction.
1816J. Scott Vis. Paris 49 He pointed to his treasures with silent looks that rested complacently on them. 1862Ruskin Munera P. (1880) 48 We may..call ourselves, complacently, a rich country. 1868E. Edwards Raleigh I. ix. 131 A bishop, and unlikely to look complacently on plots for the alienation of episcopal manors. |