Then he said smugly, "I've been trying that on all my customers today."
The reliability and material abundance of Japan that had us smugly expecting everything always to work are no longer.
Some businessmen smugly imagine that if the WTO talks fail, they can get what they want from more exclusive deals, which pick trading partners off in ones, twos or threes.
The cab driver thought smugly.
Corell said, a little smugly,"We have defeated them."
He could laugh good-naturedly, a little smugly, at whatever was conspicuous.
The cashier, who had not yet spoken, got my change and closed the drawer of the finally silent register. Looking at me, she said smugly, "I still get to say 'thank you."
"Just look at me", she said smugly.
The steaming sheep's breasted buttons came up in the dish, and the meat smugly.
People, of course, always ask me about it, and that gives me a chance to evangelize about veganism (while they smugly wave a greasy burger in front of my face).
"Except for one or two minor details," said Aziraphale smugly.
But instead of sitting smugly at your desk, you should be thinking about what you can do (right now!) to make yourself absolutely indispensable.
Meanwhile, the application smugly tells the user that the function was canceled.
affectedly or smugly good or self-righteous.
In public, this is ambiguous. Several gossip figures turned their heads and Miffy snickered smugly, burying his face under the table, and finding someone to be angry would be a lot more refreshing.
Here we are in danger of smugly supposing superiority.
He kissed me hard to show his welcome, and then he smugly blew, and I tried to believe it all at once.
the bureaucrats explained smugly that the facts provided by their own experts show no cause for concern.
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