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What does smugly mean?

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Adverb
  1. In a self-satisfied manner.
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It's ironic that a conservationist should so smugly place his own interests above the lives of the animals he destroys.
We smugly headed for disaster, confident in our abilities and worry-free because nothing had ever gone wrong before.
Soaking in the sun amidst the abundant culture around, I sat back on a bench, smugly pleased with myself.
Defenders of cognitive behaviour therapy are sitting smugly on a mountain of their own evidence.
An email follows asking you to attend, smugly knowing that you have no conflicting commitments.
He somewhat smugly notes that 96 per cent of those polled believe in God or some other higher power.

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