All 4 Uses of
complacent
in
Rebecca
- I heard their soft, complacent call, so comfortable and cool on a hot summer's afternoon, and there would be no disturbing of their peace until Jasper came loping through the undergrowth to find me, his damp muzzle questing the ground.†
Chpt 2
- There was nothing for it but to sit in my usual place beside Mrs Van Hopper while she, like a large, complacent spider, spun her wide net of tedium about the stranger's person.†
Chpt 3
- I heard Mrs Van Hopper give her fat, complacent laugh.†
Chpt 3
- I am glad it cannot happen twice, the fever of first love. ...one is so easily bruised, so swiftly wounded... Today, wrapped in the complacent armour of approaching middle age...
Chpt 5 *complacent = contented (unworried and happy) -- often to a fault
Definition:
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(complacent) contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault