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smugly

Variant of smug

adjective smugger, smuggest

Archaic neat, spruce, trim, etc.
narrowly contented with one's own accomplishments, beliefs, morality, etc.; self-satisfied to an annoying degree; complacent

Related Forms:

smugly adverb
smugness noun

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