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arrogant (acting as if better, more important, and superior in ideas than others)
- For, though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to everybody.Chapter 5 (14% in)
- By Jane, this attention was received with the greatest pleasure, but Elizabeth still saw superciliousness in their treatment of everybody, hardly excepting even her sister, and could not like them; though their kindness to Jane, such as it was, had a value as arising in all probability from the influence of their brother's admiration.Chapter 6 (4% in)
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