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.
