All 3 Uses of
complacent
in
Northanger Abbey
- "Indeed he is, Mrs. Allen," said Mrs. Thorpe, smiling complacently; "I must say it, though I am his mother, that there is not a more agreeable young man in the world."†
Chpt 8
- …her, spent the rest of his time in scolding his daughter for so foolishly hurrying her fair friend, who was absolutely out of breath from haste, when there was not the least occasion for hurry in the world: but Catherine could not at all get over the double distress of having involved her friend in a lecture and been a great simpleton herself, till they were happily seated at the dinner-table, when the general's complacent smiles, and a good appetite of her own, restored her to peace.†
Chpt 21
- the general was shortly restored to his complacency, and Catherine to all her usual ease of spirits.
Chpt 26 *complacency = contented (unworried and happy)
Definition:
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(complacent) contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault