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contented (unworried and satisfied) — often to a fault
- Scarlett seemed demure and sweet enough these days, but there was a pleased complacency in her eyes which annoyed people...4.36 (11% in)
complacency = excess of self-satisfaction
- The plantation clearings and miles of cotton fields smiled up to a warm sun, placid, complacent.1.1 (29% in)
- Mostly it had been compounded out of vanity and complacent confidence in her own charms.1.6 (76% in)
- I'm believing there's Irish in them," said Gerald complacently.2.10 (51% in)
There are no more uses of "complacent" in Gone with the Wind.
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