complacently
Adverb
Meaning
In a complacent manner.
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I am at heart a propagandist, a tremendous hater, a tiresome nag, complacently positive that there is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.
The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth.
A son could bear complacently the death of his father while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
The greatest enemy that lies in our path in creating the kind of Britain we want to create is conservatism in all its forms. We cannot afford Tory conservatism, with its smug preoccupation, complacently looking on while the rest of the world passes us by.
Who would regard all things complacently must wick at a great many.