complacently

com·pla·cent  (km-plsnt)

adj.

1. Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned: He had become complacent after years of success.

2. Eager to please; complaisant.

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[Latin complacns, complacent-, present participle of complacre, to please : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + placre, to please; see plk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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com·placent·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

complacently - in a self-satisfied manner; "he complacently lived out his life as a village school teacher"

Translations

complacently [kəmˈpleɪsəntlɪ] ADV → de modo satisfecho
he looked at me complacently → me miró con expresión de autosatisfacción

complacently [kəmˈpleɪs^əntli] adv

(in a self-satisfied way) → avec suffisance
to smile complacently → sourire avec suffisance

(= unthinkingly) → complaisamment

complacently

adv → selbstzufrieden or -gefällig; those who complacently accept their parents’ beliefs → diejenigen, die die Ansichten ihrer Eltern unreflektiert übernehmen