Both Uses of
supercilious
in
The Great Gatsby
- Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.
p. 7..1 *supercilious = arrogant
- The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do.
p. 24..8
Definition:
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(supercilious) arrogant (acting as if better, more important, and superior in ideas than others)