smugly Betydning & definition

Eksempler på smugly

• Instead of a frank admission of failure, he has smugly tried to justify his actions since he has been in his present office.

• We believe, perhaps slightly smugly, that we have the best legal system in the world.

• Therefore, let us not sit smugly back and talk about peace dividends in the middle of a whirlpool.

• They have looked on smugly while they have been in receipt of the protection money of potential votes in urban marginal seats.

• It is facile to assume that they are fat and complacent, relying smugly on past laurels.

• But we tend to accept that all too smugly as a self-evident proposition, without requiring positive proof of it.

• There is no use coming here year after year smugly and complacently making a speech or completely ignoring what is being done in foreign countries.

• I stress that none of this is said smugly.