Both Uses of
complacent
in
Alias Grace
- ...and above all we should guard against complacency,
Chpt 8 *complacency = being too contented (too unworried and satisfied)
- Everything is new and brisk, bustling and bright, vulgar and complacent, with a smell of fresh money and fresh paint about it.†
Chpt 11complacent = unworried and satisfied
Definition:
contented (unworried and satisfied) -- often to a fault