0 behaving as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important:
Or perhaps that is not the way the slightly supercilious young assistant sees me.
He knew very well that he was entangling her in helpless humiliation: it was another way of smiling at her ironically, and taking the air of a supercilious mentor.
It is the very hostile and supercilious attitude adopted towards local authorities.
It would be to display a supercilious, indeed arrogant, attitude and would therefore be a great mistake simply to ignore this.
I would say to everyone within hearing of my voice: we should not be so bombastic or so supercilious.
They know that the tone of their remarks was supercilious, sarcastic and quite unnecessary.
I thought that that was a rather supercilious remark but, having said that, he went on to talk about the enforcement of fines.
He is endeavouring to make them and to be supercilious.