All 4 Uses of
complacent
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Sydney Carton looked at his punch and looked at his complacent friend;
Chpt 2.11 *complacent = contented (unworried and happy)
- Sydney Carton looked at his punch and looked at his complacent friend; drank his punch and looked at his complacent friend.†
Chpt 2.11
- All this while, Defarge, with his pipe in his mouth, walked up and down, complacently admiring, but never interfering; in which condition, indeed, as to the business and his domestic affairs, he walked up and down through life.†
Chpt 2.16
- Here and there, the inmate has visitors to see the sight; then he points his finger, with something of the complacency of a curator or authorised exponent, to this cart and to this, and seems to tell who sat here yesterday, and who there the day before.†
Chpt 3.15
Definition:
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(complacent) contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault