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Smirky

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smirk  (smûrk)
intr.v. smirked, smirk·ing, smirks
To smile in an affected, often offensively self-satisfied manner.
n.
An affected, often offensively self-satisfied smile.
[Middle English smirken, from Old English smercian, to smile; see smei- in Indo-European roots.]
smirker n.
smirking·ly, smirki·ly adv.
smirky adj.
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He introduced himself, smiling a smirky smile borrowed from the courtiers of the stage, extended a fair-skinned talon, and while he gripped my hand in it he bent his body forward three times at the hips, as the stage courtier does, and said in the airiest and most condescending and patronizing way--I quite remember his exact language:
A Tramp Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
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