All 3 Uses of
supercilious
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- "You must admit," he went on, addressing Razumihin with a shade of triumph and superciliousness—he almost added "young man"—"that there is an advance, or, as they say now, progress in the name of science and economic truth..."†
Chpt 2.5
- "There's a measure in all things," Luzhin went on superciliously.†
Chpt 2.5 *superciliously = in an arrogant manner
- "All sorts of people keep booths here," answered the young man, glancing superciliously at Raskolnikov.†
Chpt 2.6
Definition:
arrogant (acting as if better, more important, and superior in ideas than others)