He complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : The voters are too complacent to change the government. From Dictionary.com.
= Philistines =, a title complacently bestowed, in England and America, by the advance-guard in literature and art, on the Conservatives. From Wordnik.com. [Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3] Reference
Above the enormous fireplace, the fifth baronet pointed his sword complacently at a perpetual cloudburst. From Wordnik.com. [Final Curtain]
The captain, happier than before, called complacently for Cayenne pepper, and relished his mock-turtle with a higher gusto. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper] Reference
Burke, as desperate a cracksman as the country can produce, with, "complacently," a record second to none in his class. From Wordnik.com. [Half A Chance] Reference
Bankers are born, not made, anyway, "complacently," and Vernon isn't one of them. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Fighting Shepherdess] Reference
Perhaps I spoil her a little, "complacently;" but then I dare say, "playfully," that your father spoils you. ". From Wordnik.com. [Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls] Reference
"It's lovely being extinct," he added, complacently. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
"She has the Herron look," she had answered, complacently. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
"Ach! don't ged in a demper," said the Walrus, complacently. From Wordnik.com. [Dick, Marjorie and Fidge A Search for the Wonderful Dodo] Reference
He found Andrea still sitting complacently in the living room. From Wordnik.com. [Motherhood And Murder] Reference
"We've finished them this time," Malay Kris said complacently. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
And think complacently upon the wealth their hands have stored. From Wordnik.com. [Brian May, Guitarist for Queen, Discovers 150-Year-Old Photos Of An English Village -- In Stereo Vision] Reference
"I don't know but what you're right," agreed Herb, complacently. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
That must not be accepted either complacently or fatalistically. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: October 12, 2009] Reference
"I believe I could do that," Chicken Little remarked complacently. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
"Worse," said Jeffers complacently, meanwhile refilling Mike's glass. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
"People think I can't do things," she said complacently to her mother. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
''Tis that,' replied Tam complacently, stretching a leg to the hearth. From Wordnik.com. [Border Ghost Stories] Reference
WE have lived in it comfortably -- complacently -- for almost a decade. From Wordnik.com. [So Much For Globalization] Reference
"I guess your folks are religiouser than ours," said Katy complacently. From Wordnik.com. [Chicken Little Jane] Reference
He filled himself a cup, and looked complacently into its clear depths. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Gazing complacently around on the audience for a moment, he drawled out. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
He was pleased, nevertheless, and swelled out his feathers complacently. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat in Grandfather's House] Reference
Douro, a likely candidate -- and then went complacently and told him so. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
"I suppose the doctor will find out," said Miss Custer complacently; and. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
"I like to have things nice about me," said Mrs. Gunnison, complacently. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
"I turned the trick, anyway," Winnie remarked complacently after a pause. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
"Oh, their opinions aren't worth worrying about," said Herb, complacently. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
He smiled complacently as he drew it and chucked the silver into his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
"I've owed Mr. Lester Kent summat these three years," he answered complacently. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
He headed for the fat ships of Earth that squatted complacently on the wrecked port. From Wordnik.com. [Victory] Reference
Long before night, camp rumors had complacently decided our disposition for the present. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
As I passed my glass, I perceived several visiting cards complacently displayed in the frame. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"An unconscionable rogue," murmured the bishop, complacently clasping his fat fingers before him. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
'Naughty girl,' said Mrs. Franklin, smiling complacently -- 'I cannot blame you for conceiving a passion for our handsome young pastor. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
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