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Webster 1913 Edition


Complacently

Com-pla′cent-ly

(kŏm-plā′sent-ly̆)
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adv.
In a complacent manner.

Webster 1828 Edition


Complacently

COMPLACENTLY

,
adv.
Softly; in a complacent manner.

Definition 2024


complacently

complacently

English

Adverb

complacently (comparative more complacently, superlative most complacently)

  1. In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
    • 2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
      At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”