All 10 Uses of
complacent
in
Bleak House
- As substitutes, I had four angels, of Queen Anne's reign, taking a complacent gentleman to heaven, in festoons, with some difficulty; and a composition in needlework representing fruit, a kettle, and an alphabet.†
Chpt 4-6
- —are very complacent and agreeable.†
Chpt 10-12
- Sir Leicester is generally in a complacent state, and rarely bored.†
Chpt 10-12
- Miss Flite received the compliment with complacency and dropped a general curtsy to us.
Chpt 13-15 *complacency = contented (unworried and happy)
- "Caddy, Caddy!" returned Mrs. Jellyby, opening another letter with the greatest complacency.†
Chpt 22-24
- Sir Leicester sits in my Lady's room—that room in which Mr. Tulkinghorn read the affidavit in Jarndyce and Jarndyce— particularly complacent.†
Chpt 28-30
- Sir Leicester is particularly complacent because he has found in his newspaper some congenial remarks bearing directly on the floodgates and the framework of society.†
Chpt 28-30
- But happily for her, she was quite complacent again now and beamed with nods and smiles.†
Chpt 34-36
- "Chesney Wold, Thomas," rejoins the housekeeper with proud complacency, "will set my Lady up!†
Chpt 40-42
- Mr. Bucket is very complacent over this French explanation.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(complacent) contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault