All 5 Uses of
supercilious
in
Sister Carrie
- Life had not taught her domination—superciliousness of grace, which is the lordly power of some women.†
Chpt 15 *
- New York must be filled with such bowers, or the beautiful, insolent, supercilious creatures could not be.†
Chpt 32supercilious = arrogant
- Yet there was nothing sarcastic or supercilious in the way Ames spoke.†
Chpt 32
- "I don't believe I want to play any more," said the youngest, a blackhaired beauty, turned supercilious by fortune, as she pushed a euchre hand away from her.†
Chpt 47
- Passing down the aisle came a very fair-haired banker's son, also of Chicago, who had long eyed this supercilious beauty.†
Chpt 47
Definition:
arrogant (acting as if better, more important, and superior in ideas than others)