0 contemptuous or disdainful -- hoven, med øyenbrynene hevet
a supercilious look.
That type of supercilious speech ends in electoral defeat.
After they had argued and talked, the clerk who was doing the business said in a supercilious tone that he would reconsider it.
Too many of its officials often give the appearance of being supercilious and bored.
This is too important a matter on which to be supercilious.
He may be a supercilious fellow, but it did him and his party no credit when he poked fun at such a serious subject.
Then we find supercilious people, who have always had assured incomes, talking about deterioration.
Supercilious references have been made to the motor ear, but the motor car is a crucial factor.
He is endeavouring to make them and to be supercilious.
