All 11 Uses of
supercilious
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- He trembled for him, for his glory, and dreaded any affront to him, especially the refined, courteous irony of Miuesov and the supercilious half-utterances of the highly educated Ivan.†
Chpt 1supercilious = arrogant
- A supercilious and condescending smile played on his lips.†
Chpt 2 *
- Ivan's supercilious....I'd make an end of your monks, though, all the same.†
Chpt 3
- It's not as if I were his keeper," answered Smerdyakov quietly, distinctly, and superciliously.†
Chpt 5superciliously = in an arrogant manner
- Let him open that book and begin reading it without grand words or superciliousness, without condescension to them, but gently and kindly, being glad that he is reading to them and that they are listening with attention, loving the words himself, only stopping from time to time to explain words that are not understood by the peasants.†
Chpt 6
- What was worst of all, there was something humiliating in it, and on their side something "supercilious and scornful."†
Chpt 9supercilious = arrogant
- Though he looked down upon every one, he was a good comrade and not supercilious.†
Chpt 10
- What piqued him most was that these boys of fifteen turned up their noses at him too superciliously, and were at first disposed to treat him as "a small boy," not fit to associate with them, and that was an unendurable insult.†
Chpt 10superciliously = in an arrogant manner
- "Well, who did found it?" asked Kolya, turning to him with haughty superciliousness.†
Chpt 10
- There was even a supercilious note in his voice.†
Chpt 11supercilious = arrogant
- The startling, incredibly supercilious tone of this man who had once been his valet, was extraordinary in itself.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
arrogant (acting as if better, more important, and superior in ideas than others)