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" Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."
Emily Bronte

Meaning of "complacently" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF COMPLACENTLY

kəmˈpleɪs əntlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPLACENTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Complacently is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES COMPLACENTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contentment

Human Contentments, by Edgard Farasyn Contentment is the acknowledgement and satisfaction of reaching capacity. The level of capacity reached may be sought after, expected, desired, or simply predetermined as the level in which provides contentment. Contentment is synonymous with happiness but is more basic or prior to happiness that can be derived from outer achievement or self-improvement. For this reason, colloquially, contentment is simply a way of accepting one's life state and being grateful or happy with it. Many see contentment as an attitude towards situations. It may even be argued that this attitude of contentment leads to more positive outcomes as a result of the relaxation that goes with being contented. In a somewhat more mystical sense, contentment can be understood as an innate state before any intellectual judgement about life situations has entered into the picture. Perhaps this is why little children are generally happy until their intellectual powers - such as their ability to judge what is good from bad and being trained to hold onto concepts - begin to form and then their mental and emotional stresses begin to emerge.

Definition of complacently in the English dictionary

The definition of complacently in the dictionary is in a self-satisfied way. Other definition of complacently is heedlessly or neglectfully.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPLACENTLY

accordantly · apparently · ardently · complaisantly · consistently · constantly · contingently · conversantly · currently · deficiently · differently · discordantly · effervescently · efficiently · excrescently · frequently · independently · instantly · recently · significantly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPLACENTLY

complacence · complacencies · complacency · complacent · complain · complainant · complainer · complainingly · complainings · complaint · complaints procedure · complaisance · complaisant · complaisantly · complanate · complanation · compleat · complect · complected · complement

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPLACENTLY

accidently · concurrently · confidently · consequently · conveniently · diligently · evidently · fluently · gently · importantly · inadvertently · inherently · intelligently · patiently · permanently · presently · prominently · silently · sufficiently · urgently · violently

Synonyms and antonyms of complacently in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «complacently» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPLACENTLY

Find out the translation of complacently to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of complacently from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «complacently» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

洋洋
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

complacientemente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

complacently
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मतुष्टिपूर्वक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرضا
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

самодовольно
278 millions of speakers
pt

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complacentemente
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

complacently
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

complaisamment
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Berpuas hati
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

zufrieden
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

悦に入って
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

complacently
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Complacently
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mãn
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மெத்தனமாக
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सुदैवाने
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

complacently
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

compiaciuta
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

samozadowoleniem
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

самовдоволено
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

complacently
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυτάρεσκα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

selfvoldaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

belåtet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

complacently
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about complacently

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QUOTES WITH «COMPLACENTLY»

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Emily Bronte
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPLACENTLY»

Discover the use of complacently in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to complacently and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine
Very slowly, very complacently, all the while she kept right on renovating the Little Girl's personal appearance, smoothing a wrinkled stocking, tucking up obstreperous white ruffles, tugging down parsimonious purple hems, loosening a pinchy ...
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The Century
Very slowly, very complacently, all the while she kept right on renovating the Little Girl's personal appearance, smoothing a wrinkled stocking, tucking up obstreperous white ruffles, tugging down parsimonious purple hems, loosening a pinchy ...
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John Jasper's Secret: Being a Narrative of Certain Events ...
He wooed Miss Brobity complacently, complacently received that awe-struck up- looking which eventually produced so serious an effect on the liver, buried her complacently, and complacently so epitaphed her that it seems doubtful whether  ...
Henry Morford, Charles Dickens, 1872
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The Virginia Spectator
THE AID OF THE GODDESS. MRS. Browne and Mrs. Throckmorton sat together at afternoon tea. Mrs. Browne was short of stature, and inclined to be stout. She looked complacently at her hostess, who was retailing a choice bit of Albemarle ...
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A Root Cause to Why Our "Children" Cannot Read: And How to ...
"It was found," writes Dr. Arthur I. Gates complacently, "that beginning pupils observed primarily the length of words and depended upon the observation of the length for later recognition when they were given such a series of words as cow, ...
Don Jasmin, 2008
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Béranger: two hundred of his lyrical poems, done into Engl. ...
THE GOD OF HONEST PEOPLE. Thus to the God of the true and the just, Goblet in hand, can complacently trust. Proudly his fortunes a Conqueror swayed : Sceptres and laws into playthings he made ; Whilst, to this day, on the frontlet of Kings ...
Pierre Jean de Béranger, 1850
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Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination
23. Cravenly. Suing. for. Power. and. Complacently. Savouring. its. Fruits. Bacon sought office, he tells us, for two reasons: first, because he dearly hoped that 'if I rose to any place of honour in the state I should have a larger command of ...
Nieves Mathews, 1996
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John Jasper's Secret: Sequel to Charles Dicken's Mystery of ...
He wooed Miss Brobity complacently, compla~ cently received that awe-struck up -looking which eventually produced so serious an efl'ect on the liver, buried her complacently, and complacently so epitaphed her that it seems doubtful whether  ...
Henry Morford, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, 1898
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Her Senator: A Novel
Do you notice how that pretty chorus-girl at the end of the quadrille — the one in the green brocade court dress — is ogling you ? " "Oh! the one with the lace stockings ?" remarks the statesman, complacently. "Yes, you are right about the ...
Archibald Clavering Gunter, 1896
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Expository discourses on the first epistle of ... Peter
They are the following : — We ought thus to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, for this is just a particular form of that humility which God so complacently approves, and the opposite of which he so indignantly condemns. " God re- ...
John Brown, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPLACENTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term complacently is used in the context of the following news items.
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Combating Anti-Israel Boycotts
... whoever promotes boycotts or -- as with the Swedish supermarket chain's national management -- whoever complacently tolerates them. «Gatestone Institute, Jul 15»
2
How Greek vote will affect EU debate in UK
... thus act as a spur to other EU countries to compromise rather than complacently presume that a deal can be done that will satisfy all sides. «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
World Cup shows battle far from over
The American spirit is to tackle the greatest challenges head on, not to sit complacently while things fall apart. Copyright 2015 Arizona Daily ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
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2015 Capital Fringe Preview #36: 'When We Grow Up' by William …
Is the audience too comfortable and content to just sit and complacently watch the events of the show? When We Grow Up fosters an ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
5
KICC, Tornado B Cautious Against Minnows Today
"They are much better with their bowling and we should not play complacently." And should KICC (13) take their third win in four outings, they ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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What the euro's current difficulties really mean
... the same straits as Greece, with New Yorkers clucking complacently about their thrift and hard work in comparison to Mississippi's profligacy? «The Hill, Jul 15»
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Entebbe aftermath: How Bibi's family cultivated the Yoni Netanyahu …
Rabin had his doubts about the operation; his job was to assess the probabilities and not complacently believe that somehow everything would ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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Ben Affleck Ready For Comic-Con & America's Message For Donald …
Thank you for reminding us to not sit complacently at home on election day, but to run to the polls and proclaim that there is no place for our ... «Movie TV Tech Geeks News, Jul 15»
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Shakira hits out at Donald Trump as America Ferrera says 'thank you'
Thank you for reminding us to not sit complacently at home on election day, but to run to the polls and proclaim that there is no place for your ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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America Ferrera pens letter to Donald Trump; Reelz rescues …
Thank you for reminding us to not sit complacently at home on election day, but to run to the polls and proclaim that there is no place for your ... «abc7news.com, Jul 15»
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