All 4 Uses of
complacent
in
Emma
- In short, she sat, during the first visit, looking at Jane Fairfax with twofold complacency; the sense of pleasure and the sense of rendering justice, and was determining that she would dislike her no longer.†
Chpt 2.1-2
- The word home made his father look on him with fresh complacency.†
Chpt 2.5-6
- —Must not compliment, I know (eyeing Emma most complacently)—that would be rude—but upon my word, Miss Woodhouse, you do look—how do you like Jane's hair?†
Chpt 3.1-2
- She felt all the honest pride and complacency which her alliance with the present and future proprietor could fairly warrant,
Chpt 3.5-6 *complacency = satisfaction and contentment
Definition:
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(complacent) contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault