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# complacently

«complacently» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a pleased, too-satisfied way, as if nothing needs…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (complacently)

### meaning for a pupil

In a pleased, too-satisfied way, as if nothing needs checking or improving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complacently/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a character who thinks all is well and does not worry; Smee and the Frog answer complacently when the danger is real

### examples

- "That is all right," Smee said complacently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complacently/#x1)
- She sat complacently on her chair, sure she had won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complacently/#x2)
- He smiled complacently at his messy sums, without checking them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complacently/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «complacently» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complacently/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.