All 3 Uses of
complacent
in
The Three Musketeers
- This did not prevent the king from being as complacent to him as possible whenever he met him, or from asking in the kindest tone, "Well, Monsieur Cardinal, how fares it with that poor Jussac and that poor Bernajoux of yours?"†
Chpt 6.complacent = unworried and satisfied
- "You are a very complacent husband, my dear Monsieur Bonacieux," said the cardinal.
Chpt 14. *
- "Now," continued Aramis, taking the same graceful position in his easy chair that he would have assumed in bed, and complacently examining his hand, which was as white and plump as that of a woman, and which he held in the air to cause the blood to descend, "now, as you have heard, d'Artagnan, Monsieur the Principal is desirous that my thesis should be dogmatic, while I, for my part, would rather it should be ideal.†
Chpt 26.complacently = with satisfaction or contentment (unworried and satisfied)
Definition:
contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault