Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a smug manner; neatly; sprucely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare In a smug manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
self-satisfied manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a smug manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't think the term "smugly conclusive" is appropriate to describe his opening statement.
NY Daily News 2011
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I now get extremely annoyed by the secular fundamentalists who are content to remain smugly ignorant of enormous shifts occurring all around them.
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I now get extremely annoyed by the secular fundamentalists who are content to remain smugly ignorant of enormous shifts occurring all around them.
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You can’t come in smugly and with great self satisfaction and say ‘Oh it’s torture, and therefore it’s no good.’
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You can’t come in smugly and with great self satisfaction and say ‘Oh it’s torture, and therefore it’s no good.’
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He says kind of smugly, well I think its obvious why you're here.
Slick and Attired: Wearing Whatever You Want BikeSnobNYC 2008
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And that's the kind of smugly liberal double standard that will contribute to the election of McCain/Palin.
Palinsanity. Ann Althouse 2008
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So, I'm sorry, but I find it rather silly to claim that such business models don't exist or that those of us who "smugly" claim the industry needs to find a new business model never suggest any.
Techdirt 2009
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"I saw all of the Harry Potter movies," he smugly replies.
Animation Nation Ellen Gamerman 2011
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Before you sit back smugly and think that you would never make a mistake like the one this young writer made, realize that everyone who is in business for himself — every single freelancer/business owner — has made this mistake at least once.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Freelancer’s Survival Guide: Expectations 2010
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