All 3 Uses of
supercilious
in
Babbitt
- The oak desk was dark and old and altogether perfect; the chairs were gently supercilious.†
Chpt 17 *
- Like many of the cocksure young men who forage about cities in apparent contentment and who express their cynicism in supercilious slang, Escott was shy and lonely.†
Chpt 17
- Now they were men and women of the world, very supercilious men and women; the boys condescended to Babbitt, they wore evening-clothes, and with hauteur they accepted cigarettes from silver cases.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(supercilious) arrogant (acting as if better, more important, and superior in ideas than others)