complacently
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English complacent Middle English -ly English -ly English complacently From complacent + -ly.
- In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
“At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.””