Associations to the word «Complacently»

Wiktionary

COMPLACENTLY, adverb. In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.

Dictionary definition

COMPLACENTLY, adverb. In a self-satisfied manner; "he complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne