What will you prefer? an English work? or "-- superciliously --" perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Oh, how superciliously this fellow then looked at me!. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
The younger Haer grinned at his father superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
My own little bed was so superciliously looked upon by a. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted House] Reference
He stared at Joe Mauser superciliously, but then scowled. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenary] Reference
The Lieutenant stared superciliously at the two officers. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Eagle]
The marquise bowed superciliously to Monsieur de Bonfons. From Wordnik.com. [Eug�nie Grandet] Reference
Mr. Greville still stood superciliously upon the hearth-rug. From Wordnik.com. [The Common Reader, Second Series] Reference
Never speak harshly, or superciliously, or hastily to a servant. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
She had no lorgnette, and she did not look me over superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
'You have mistaken this for the vicarage,' she said superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [The Carved Cupboard] Reference
Stuart adjusted his eyeglass and superciliously regarded the document. From Wordnik.com. [Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent] Reference
Pavlovna was speaking, she listened, pressing her lips superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [The Possessed] Reference
His head was a might puny, superciliously tiny and just outright dinky. From Wordnik.com. [A Wee Noggin - Paddy Whacker's Challenge] Reference
The question which had been so superciliously asked was at last answered. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
“Really,” said Gregory superciliously, “the examples you choose —”. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Thursday] Reference
"You can give me your message," the young footman said, rather superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [His Big Opportunity] Reference
"Have you come to preach to us, then?" asked the little American superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of a Turkish Bath] Reference
Lenny rather reluctantly, and somewhat superciliously, accepted this invitation. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
"Belle was smelling kerosene to keep up, when we left," he went on superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
The Oldtimer superciliously gestured the Miner to precede him toward the open shaft. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
'Vastly true, ma'am,' cried he superciliously dropping his eyes, not to look at her. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
"But scarcely 'pretty manners,' I should suppose," said Pointed Beard superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
He acknowledged the introductions to the boys superciliously, and barely nodded to Ted. From Wordnik.com. [Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur] Reference
“People of fashion, sir, always treat science rather superciliously,” said Planchette. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic Skin] Reference
Her head was held high, and her lips curled superciliously as she took in the arrangements. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
"Do you happen to know when that might be?" asked the architect, only a little superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [Homebody]
'I am,' he said bluntly; and encouraged himself to wonder, superciliously, what would come next. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
You render men unhappy -- and superciliously seem to think, you pay them by a privilege of admission. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843] Reference
At this the child turned her large black eyes on Guy, and scanned him superciliously from head to foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
The word halted at Lindley's teeth, and his eyes rested superciliously on the slouched figure beside him. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
"Where had you put it?" asked Cherry, grinning superciliously at the distorted characters on the soiled paper. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
At this juncture the little Japanese returned with their melon and ice cream, which he set down rather superciliously. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirate Shark] Reference
Determined, sympathetic, superciliously without remorse: This is an unpleasant duty, I understand, he seemed to say. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Darin Strauss's "More Than It Hurts You"] Reference
"Bad beginning," he thought, as he tugged his long moustaches, and smiled superciliously with his handsome lips and dreamy eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense] Reference
Pennington and Miss Dixon, who were busy in another drama, the two young ladies went out, looking superciliously at Ruth and Alice. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas] Reference
It was wearing an orange monk's robe and superciliously imposed its own presence on all scenes that Jatupon alone was supposed to rehearse. From Wordnik.com. [Corpus of a Siam Mosquito] Reference
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