complacently

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adverb

In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.

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Meanings

adverbcomplacently (comparative more complacently, superlative most complacently)

comparative more complacently · superlative most complacently

  1. In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
    1 more example

    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.”

    2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Origin

From complacent + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

complaisantly
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APA

complacently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complacently

MLA

“complacently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complacently. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “complacently,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complacently.

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