smuglyadv.
/ˈsmʌɡli/ In a smug, complacent (†smart or trim) manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > neatly or trimly
feata1525
pickedlya1528
trimly1534
trim1544
netly1564
neata1578
neatly1577
smugly?1578
deftly1579
neatly1581
trickly1581
trick1594
sprucely1598
spruce?1605
comptly1611
snogly1615
spruntly1631
queemly1703
snodly1721
trigly1728
tidilya1756
natty1810
spick and span1815
tightly1825
featly1834
jemmily1837
nattily1849
dapperly1858
snappily1936
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > with conscious respectability
self-righteously1771
smugly1892
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > self-satisfaction > [adverb]
self-complacently1772
complacently1815
self-contentedly1840
self-satisfiedly1842
comfortably1872
smugly1892
?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 47 Hiz beard smugly shauen.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Nettamente, neatly,..handsomely, smugly.
1656 S. Holland Don Zara 212 Dragons may now securely sleep, and ugly Deformed Orks seem to look smooth and smugly.
1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. iv. 4 Though she be never so ugly; Lillies and Roses will quickly appear And her Face look wond'rous smuggly.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 190 Instead of looking smugly..The votaries are all so old and ugly.
1892 Spectator 16 Jan. 84/1 Just consider what the smugly respectable man has done for himself.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adv.?1578- unparallelness
- unparalysed
- unparasitical
- unparasitized
- unparboiled
- unparceled
- unparcelled
- unparched
- unparching
- unpardon
- unpardonable
- unpardonableness
- unpardonably
- unpardoned
- unpardoning
- unpared
- unparegal
- unparel
- unparental
- unparented
- unparished
- unparisianized
- unparliament
- unparliamentarily
- unparliamentariness