| 单词 | supercilious |
| 例句 | He was even more thrilled with the reception the cyclotron was receiving on the skeptical and supercilious East Coast. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Meggie couldn't decide whether it was mocking, supercilious, or just awkward. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There it was again, that mysterious smile, sad and supercilious at the same time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Dark hair slants steeply across his forehead and is plastered to either side of his head, and there is a disturbing, vaguely supercilious smile set into long, narrow lips. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The innkeeper glanced from his paper and gave us a supercilious up-and-down look. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was odd, but this time his smile seemed to her neither mysterious nor supercilious. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z There was something sleek and new about him, about the fine cut of his suit, but his supercilious expression was the same, as was his hoarse voice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Their officers claimed, with supercilious air, that they practiced speed and marksmanship in case the French should invade; but we all of us knew for what eventuality they prepared. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The countertenor Iestyn Davies is funny, then disturbing, as a supercilious young socialite. 'Exterminating Angel,' the most anticipated opera of the year, proves it's here to stay 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z There is also a supercilious butler, played by Alan “Jim from Neighbours” Dale, who looks as if he’s attending his own wake. Dynasty: a camp classic rebooted for the 21st century 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z His last film The Limits of Control was dire, reeking with supercilious smugness. Cannes 2013: Only Lovers Left Alive – first look review 2013-05-24T21:49:58Z As Onegin, his demeanour is icily supercilious, and the high line and sharp edge of his dancing seem to cut through the provincial frippery of the Larin household. Onegin – review 2013-01-27T00:06:11Z I got this job because they were looking for someone to portray a self-satisfied, smug, supercilious, glib idiot. Catch me if you can: The Comic Strip reunited 2011-08-28T20:30:01Z "No one is ever bad," said the disconcertingly genial Isaacs, in jeans and a casual shirt looking nothing like the supercilious Lucius. Malfoy actors talk good, evil as Potter saga ends 2011-07-07T11:55:08Z “But I forgive you,” I added, which was supercilious and false. In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Anderson's movies are vulnerable to the charge of being supercilious oddities, but there is elegance and formal brilliance in Moonrise Kingdom, as well as a lot of gentle, winning comedy. Moonrise Kingdom – review 2012-05-24T14:15:01Z Joshua McGuire is excellent as the supercilious Ruskin, whose affectations Turner cannot help but mock, and whose critical engagement with him he doesn't understand, so which makes him nervous. Cannes 2014: Mr Turner review – Timothy Spall plays artist JMW Turner with relish 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z On the surface, "The Classical Style" is a supercilious opera of sorts about death. 'Classical Style' at Ojai Music Festival draws on wit, wisdom 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z He won’t be volunteering as tribute, however, so forget the prospect of seeing those supercilious, snooty expressions pleasingly wiped from his face by an axe-wielding opponent or storm of mutant bees. Do we really need a Hunger Games prequel movie? 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z No matter how famous the designer got, no matter how supercilious and sleek he seemed, he never lost that sense of being an outsider. Ewan McGregor: Dahling, He’s Halston! 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The younger Huston’s line readings are delivered in the same tone of jovial, supercilious menace. | 'Boogie Woogie': ?Boogie Woogie? With Alan Cumming and Gillian Anderson 2010-04-22T23:32:00Z One of the ways gay people tend to compensate, the film suggests, is to adopt the supercilious speech patterns of the leisure class, i.e. sounding “artsy-fartsy.” Is There a “Gay Voice”? 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z And the trustees who gleefully conspire in old age to gum up the keys of Petrie’s cherished typewriter seem unaltered from the supercilious, eager-to-humiliate childhood chums of long ago. Review | With ‘Antiquities,’ Cynthia Ozick is as vibrant on the page as ever 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Still, its conveyance to a civic art museum was supercilious. Santa Barbara's 'Botticelli, Titian and Beyond' a quirky gem 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z Woolf is given short shrift in the book, with Mountstuart dismissing her as a supercilious shrew. Any Human Heart: William Boyd on telling the story of the 20th century 2010-11-21T08:00:00Z In the book the focus is, as always, on detection, with Poirot’s inquiries paralleling and eventually outpacing those of Scotland Yard, represented by the supercilious Inspector Crome. Review: In Amazon’s ‘ABC Murders,’ John Malkovich Is a Sad Poirot 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Europe was seen as effete, corrupt, supercilious and haughty. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z Sanders, Hollywood’s suavest cad of the 1940s, typically delivered his lines with a silken, self-satisfied purr and was much appreciated by Sirk for his sense of supercilious irony. ‘Lured’ and ‘A Scandal in Paris’: Douglas Sirk’s Costume Capers 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z On weekends, his two daughters visit, one of whom, a girl about Jen’s age, is as supercilious as her father. A Comics-Obsessed Cinderella Down on the Farm 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z Of the Cambridge spies recruited in the 1930s, Guy Burgess was a pupil and friend and Anthony Blunt a “supercilious” colleague. Shades of Byzantium 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s a homage to the former classics that doesn’t seem supercilious but open-hearted and ingenuous; a bold and ambitious step up for the director of Whiplash. Golden Globes 2017: who will win – and who should win – the film categories 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z In one of the book’s best moments, Mrs. Cash gazes admiringly at a picture of one of Ivo’s supercilious ancestors. Books of The Times: Money May Not Buy You Love, but It Might Help You Land a Spouse 2011-06-26T21:00:06Z The graphic sexual encounters were so magnificent, The Guardian wrote, that “they make the sex in famous movies like, say, ‘Last Tango in Paris,’ look supercilious and dated.” Julie Maroh, Author of ‘Blue’ Novel, Criticizes Film 2013-06-05T22:38:32Z He, it must be said, is a supercilious young prig. 'Letters to Juliet' Review: Love's Labour's Found 2010-05-13T20:35:00Z As well as his nemesis, the supercilious Desmonde, these films often featured another authority figure in Edward Chapman as his boss, the more down-to-earth Mr Grimsdale. Sir Norman Wisdom obituary 2010-10-05T00:01:00Z It highlights the parts that are supercilious and not important to the dancing. What Is an Everyday Ballerina? A Luminous New Memoir Tells All. 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Rather, Moore acts as though he’s delivering one of M’s supercilious confidential briefings to 007 even when spilling beans that have long littered the kitchen floor. ‘One Lucky Bastard’ by Roger Moore I forgive you,” I added, which was supercilious and false...' In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The terrific James makes for a self-assured, almost supercilious Obama, who is surprised by Hillary’s New Hampshire win and suspicious of Bill’s sudden insertion of himself into the campaign. Review | This new Broadway play about the Clintons’ marriage is as fascinating — and sad — as you’d expect 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z The restaurant opened last September in the city’s First District, an area dominated by old-school coffeehouses filled with dark wood and supercilious bow-tied waiters. Bites: Restaurant Review: Orlando di Castello in Vienna 2010-08-14T05:01:00Z Three students hike into a forest, intending to make a supercilious video-diary history project about the local tradition of the “Blair Witch”. The scariest horror films ever – ranked! 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z This is her first film since then and it is an outrageously twee, spiritual and supercilious drama, set in Australia, about family and grief. The Tree ? review 2011-08-04T21:15:01Z For the programme, food historian Ivan Day prepared the dishes with which Mr Bingley's supercilious sister Caroline would have flaunted the family's wealth and sophistication. Jane Austen: Strictly ballroom 2013-05-03T15:00:01Z A somewhat supercilious satire on the property-owning middle classes that Loach later admitted he was the wrong director for: a little bit Fassbinder, a little bit Gurney Slade. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Manzoni beats a supercilious plumber to within an inch of his life, and his wife, played by Michelle Pfeiffer, burns down the local supermarket after becoming the target of local anti-American humour. De Niro plays mobster for laughs 2013-11-22T07:35:46Z And so the film rolls along to a predictable conclusion: Rockwell's Kenny isn't very interesting and Swank plays her heroine with supercilious blandness, and nothing like the gusto of Julia Roberts's Erin Brockovich. Conviction ? review 2011-01-13T22:29:01Z Mainly though, I called it like I saw it – usually in the sniffy, supercilious tones I deemed essential to all rock discourse. Reviewing the charts in 1981 – on stolen chip paper 2012-11-13T17:14:30Z College kids are called wimpy, wusses, whiners, babies, and, in the words of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, “sanctimonious, sensitive, supercilious snowflakes.” Why are college students so stressed out? It's not because they're "snowflakes" 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z How satisfying for the spurned artist to prove his work good enough to pass as a Picasso, Dalí or Pollock, fooling the supercilious connoisseur. ‘The Art of Forgery,’ by Noah Charney 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z But he falls into it too: Take the recurrent use of lower-case titles for his work, such as "ghost"; it seems less an expression of humility than merely supercilious. Loss permeates Jim Hodges' art; prepare for heartbreak 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z James is outrageously supercilious, arrogant, conceited and rude. Film review: Certified Copy 2010-09-02T21:35:00Z Then, perhaps, you graduate to supercilious or, worse, earnest snobbery. Hating Renoir is Just a Phase 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Coward’s patter songs revel so unabashedly in their own preening turns of phrase that they invite a performer to adopt a brittle, supercilious tone. Music Review: Channeling the Smart Set, but Hold the Snobbishness 2010-03-01T22:52:00Z Via Firth's Stanley Crawford, a supercilious Brit known to the world as Wei Ling Soo — famous Chinese conjurer, great debunker of psychic mediums — the film ponders the possibility of an afterlife. 'Magic in the Moonlight' is an amusing trifle of a film 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z In the Mary Queen of Shops series, she can be funny, scathing and supercilious. Mary Portas: 'I'm one of the best in the world at retail' 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Except for their accents, these people are identical to a certain class of spoiled, supercilious New Yorkers who exude a smug sense of entitlement. ‘Unrelated’ Explores the Manners of Well-Off Britons 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Clarke knows from experience what it’s like to be an “author by profession,” to use the 18th century’s supercilious phrase for anyone who scribbled for money. ‘Brothers of the Quill’: How an 18th-century hack found his literary footing 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z It's very fitting that a supercilious centrist group like No Labels would deliver the death blow to American democracy. If the GOP speaker circus fails Trump, this centrist group has a plan to save him in 2024 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z LB has few prospects — and certainly is not interested in pompous developer Darcy Wong, who is as supercilious as he is wealthy. Think you've had enough Jane Austen remakes? This novel will make you think again 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z You wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of this supercilious glance. Perspective | Learning an old lesson from the Tudors: Grifters gonna grift 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z How does a supercilious, uncharismatic billionaire bully attract a horde of ardent fans? The cult of Elon Musk: Why do some of us worship billionaires? 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z This is the supercilious and remorseless language of the Russian national spokesman about a tennis tournament at a moment when mass graves of bullet-riddled Ukrainian civilians are being uncovered in the tank-shredded mud around Kyiv. Perspective | Wimbledon’s ban on Russian players is unfair, personal — and exactly right 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z But I have to say it's very fitting that a supercilious centrist group like No Labels would deliver the death blow to American democracy. If the GOP speaker circus fails Trump, this centrist group has a plan to save him in 2024 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z It has become as much a signature tic as the supercilious grin or the word-salad mumble. Perspective | Boris Johnson is a master of distraction. What if that stops working? 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z To advertise that confidence with an unselfconscious, open-mouthed, haplessly disarming smile — to resist the urge, in other words, to fake an air of supercilious self-importance — is the very best thing. Perspective | This Dutch painter was lost to art history for decades Is there a more supercilious man in the NFL, with fewer accomplishments, than Judge? Perspective | The Giants were an embarrassment Sunday and boy, did Joe Judge have it coming 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z It can be done non-verbally - the supercilious posture, the hard stare, the deep voice, the peremptory tone, the constant interruptions and other dominance displays. Three ways to be more rational this year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Absent context, hand gestures perform a supercilious pantomime. Review: Celeb photographer Matthew Rolston's fabulously weird Pageant of the Masters portraits 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z The president means to hand this side business off to his doting daughter and her supercilious husband, like just another casino or golf resort. Opinion | A dynasty falls. Are the Trumps far behind? 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z But maybe you think he looks smug and supercilious? Perspective | Walking a tightrope 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z I miss the world dearly, going to exhibitions and concerts, seeing friends and interrupting my productive hours with unnecessary visits to overpriced cafes crammed with supercilious hipsters. Perspective | Online arts experiences that click with me 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z That fell short of an outright denunciation of modern-day conservative ideology, but Johnson's small show of contrition is a far cry from the supercilious attitude displayed by our current leaders in the U.S. Mike Pence unmasked: Now Trump’s mob disgraces the Mayo Clinic 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z His tone was a little supercilious now, but still polite. Opinion | Why Did I Let a Convicted War Criminal Practice Energy Healing on Me? 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z His stance, and the supercilious manner of its delivery, ultimately cost Morgan his job. 'We're horrified': James Corden tackles US gun control on late-night talkshow 2019-11-17T05:00:00Z The real problem with that isn’t that it’s supercilious or patronizing but that it’s boring and doesn’t lead to any kind of discovery. Perspective | ESPN should broaden political discussion instead of banning it 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z On Monday, Carlson presented carefully handpicked clips from the congresswomen’s joint press conference on Capitol Hill while adopting a supercilious, mocking tone. Fox News’s star names excuse the inexcusable after Trump's latest racist attack 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z True, historically, British boors have shared little kinship with their American cousins; ours has been a wilier boorishness, obscured by a miasma of supercilious, ironic detachment. Perspective | A British boor is just Trump with a posh accent and veneer of ironic detachment 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z He’s intriguing as he exposes a vulnerability that lies submerged beneath Anthony’s supercilious hauteur. ‘The Souvenir’ review: Young actor shines as love story slowly unfolds 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z And with that the Exorcist leant forward and did a fairly convincing impression of my own supercilious English tones. Possessed by Brexit? Time to call an exorcist | Stewart Lee 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z On the one hand, Facebook’s youthful and supercilious executives are convinced that the barbarian world outside Menlo Park is ripe for their civilizing mission. Review | A former social media evangelist unfriends Facebook 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Interested, curious, maybe, but “gawking”? No wonder Washingtonians are regarded as a supercilious lot. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell and a Republican 2020 challenger 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z You can imagine their appearance herded together behind a wire fence, typically neat and still sporting an air of bravado, silent and supercilious as they gazed out at the traffic of the crowded road. The Battle of Amiens: how the Guardian reported 'rout and confusion' of German soldiers – August 1918 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Trump is a no-nothing, garrulous, an apparent alpha male with delusions of grandeur, supercilious, empty-headed, emperor without clothes. Why China’s Response to Trump’s Tariffs Is So Muted 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z He was a smarmy, supercilious comic who liked to ridicule conservatives, and he’s a person who regularly looks down his nose at those who don’t share his progressive ideals. Al Franken shouldn’t have folded 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z It's unfair to make fun of Cruz for his sexual proclivities, but it's totally in-bounds to make fun of his hypocritical moralizing, especially this supercilious joke. Reminder: Ted Cruz has always had a thing for erotic films - Golf Digest 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Plenty in Brussels find this supercilious thought admirable. Why Europeans are reading Stefan Zweig again 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z They are, separately and together, in their baggy corduroy pants and supercilious cluelessness, a hilarious act, the thirty-something comedians who portray the septuagenarian Upper West Side stooges of “Oh, Hello on Broadway.” In ‘Oh, Hello on Broadway,’ John Mulaney and Nick Kroll are witty young men playing funny old men 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z When no one listens to her, least of all the supercilious Prince Tomsky, she takes off on her own for the city of Arkhangelsk, the port where all voyages to the Far North begin. 'The Long Way North' is a gorgeously animated tale of a young woman's quest for lost family 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z He's a supercilious, hateful kid whose favorite phrase is a dismissive "blah blah blah," summing up everything he considers boring. The 9th Life of Louis Drax is a cluttered, confused riff on a Guillermo del Toro fantasy 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z In Vienna the streets are clean, the trams rattle reliably past and the bow-tied waiters still dispense their Sachertorte with supercilious smirks. Vexed in Vienna 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z "If you look at press reports at the time there's a sense of envy of a supercilious nature at the big money Port Talbot steelworkers made and spent on flash cars." Port Talbot steel job losses: How town's fortunes have mirrored works - BBC News 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z I find that opening question to be a supercilious, impertinent question. Va. Senate leaders spar over health care, gun control, climate change 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Rather, the critical document that got Goodell overturned was his own incompetently written decision as an arbitrator, a sheaf of papers full of wrenching distortions and irrational legal leaps, which radiated Goodell’s supercilious high-dudgeon persona. DeflateGate exposed Roger Goodell as unfit to serve his office 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The supercilious tone of northern European bankers regarding southern European profligacy makes austerity proponents’ arguments hard to take, too. Greece Needs the Euro 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z But he never resolved his internal conflict between admiration for Greek and Latin authors and resentment of the supercilious attitude of some members of the upper classes who had been formally trained in them. Classics for the people – why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z "His personal image is in ruins: He appeared as an immoral, misogynistic, supercilious, aloof and dishonest man," historian Christian Delporte writes in France's Le Figaro. Strauss-Kahn: Press sees 'fiasco' for justice system - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z "The American government is untrustworthy, supercilious and unreasonable, and breaks its promises." Iran's Khamenei backs president 2013-10-05T09:58:27Z "There is something about his smarmy, supercilious demeanour that repels delighted mirth," he said. Smith praised in Shakespeare comedy 2013-09-18T10:53:43Z For Fernanda, what came next—the supercilious cops, the shabby forensics, the investigators who sat on her case for weeks—only deepened her distress. Brazil Bus Rape Gang On Trial 2013-08-30T02:37:00Z Too often, it's just our supercilious attitude to this thing called relief. The Pointlessness of Disaster Charity 2013-06-26T08:45:00Z As they flock to praise him now they adopt a supercilious tone in the manner of a headmaster handing over the best-pupil prize to a classroom miscreant who has changed his ways. Neil Lennon enjoys peace of history after outwitting Barcelona 2012-11-10T22:00:03Z Though my possibly supercilious opinion is that this is not particularly trenchant commentary, and the subtlety that truly effective cartoons thrive on is morphed, in his work, into something in the nature of a sledgehammer. The Sedition Files 2012-09-21T19:25:00Z It is more effective than educaiton, preaching or non smokers making supercilious smug comments, or going on about fast food and alcohol. Australia court backs tobacco law 2012-08-15T01:56:23Z Any tennis club worth its slightly supercilious code of conduct will demand proper tennis shoes with non-marking soles. Olympics 2012: how to get involved in tennis 2012-08-15T14:26:00Z He has also grown impatient with the I.O.C., which he views as supercilious, greedy and exploitative of the league’s players as Olympic programming for NBC. Inside The Rings: N.B.A. Reassesses Its Olympic Involvement 2012-07-28T16:11:42Z At the time, his supercilious amorality seemed daringly new – and came hand in hand with an irresistible joke-telling skill. Will Jimmy Carr's career survive the tax avoidance furore? 2012-06-22T17:41:42Z Apparently Alexander’s head had been turned by the triumph over Ezzelin, but he knew little of the man whom he thus treated with such supercilious ingratitude. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z This expression, supercilious and scornful in its nature, at times imperious, suddenly assumes a cautious and even a timid air. Annouchka A Tale 2012-04-13T02:00:19.120Z "How silly!" said she, with a supercilious toss of her head that made Conyers flush up; and once again was peace endangered between them. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z I was obliged to digest the supercilious Menzel, who presumed modestly to depreciate Goethe,—and the supercilious Grabbe, who modestly depreciates Shakspeare,—and the philosophers who proclaim Schiller to be rather trivial! Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland 2012-04-07T02:00:33.707Z "And pray, Colonel Manners," said Lord Dewry, with the cold, if not supercilious tone which he generally employed, "what may be the name of the wonderful person who does all these wonderful things?" The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z They must have craved for some kind of food for their minds and hearts, and cannot have been satisfied with the dry, unnourishing scraps that were flung to them by the supercilious philosophers. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is amusing, however, to find how even such a trifle as a choice of figures in a quadrille can help to mark caste, and give a handle for supercilious sneers. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z To purposely shun a fact, and turn one's back upon it with a supercilious smile, is to bankrupt Truth. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z Van Harlem turned slightly and gave a supercilious glance behind him. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z "I do not allow her to be called Polly," said Miss Van Arsdale, with a sudden return to her supercilious manner. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z In a duel nothing is so wounding as the supercilious self-restraint of an opponent. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z But the most objectionable of all is the supercilious manner. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z I almost forgave him his supercilious speech and patronising manner. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z It was singular to see the two looking at one another, Jim eyeing him with the supercilious stare of the boy-officer, and young Gold returning the look with a covert recognition in his defiant eyes. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The two advanced with a haughty and somewhat supercilious air, and Mr. and Mrs. Faulkner rose to greet them. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z There was that in them which cannot be conveyed, although conserved,—the tones, the manner, so changeful, yet all cast in grace unutterable; passing from vagrant, never wanton mirth, into pungent, but never supercilious gravity. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z There is another species of learned men who, though less dogmatical and supercilious, are not less impertinent. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z A handsome boy, with a good figure and a bright eye, and also the old, somewhat supercilious upper lip. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z None of his supercilious ancestors was more superbly overbearing, more sublimely indifferent to human pain; and yet his worst enemies were compelled to admit that, if stern, his rule was sagacious. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z And after he has answered all the supercilious, impudent questions, he is asked for references. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z They made Lad as nearly comfortable as possible, on a straw-littered raised stall; between a supercilious Merle and a fluffily disconsolate sable-and-white six-month puppy that howled ceaselessly in an agony of fright. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z He was tall and lanky, very particular about his dress, spoke in a drawling supercilious way, and had the knack of saying unpleasant things with an air of innocence. A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti 2012-02-06T03:00:13.023Z I looked into his face, expecting to discover on it a supercilious smile. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Where once had been unutterable arrogance and supercilious disdain of everything, was now eager flattery, cajolements, toadyism, and unceasing assurances of devotion. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z When the thudding rhythm of their footsteps died into silence, the foxes all came out and sat under the dancing lights, and stared after the terrible receding shapes with a calm and supercilious scorn. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z He eyed my cross-eyed caddie with a supercilious smirk, I tried to set my features, and my nerves, like any flint; But my "knicker'd" knees were knocking as I wildly set to work. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z Such supercilious condemnation of the point of view of the medieval scholars in this matter, however, has recently received a very serious jolt. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z And yet breathe but one word of tender adoration in her ear, and she strikes you dumb, O Lard! with the most supercilious eyebrow. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z There are those who, when their work is talked about with supercilious ignorance, claim that an author ought to forget what has been said about his work. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z A footman flung open the door—a tall, rather supercilious footman, whose face was not the good-natured, foolish face of the James who had lifted the red-cloaked baby from her arms. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z He said very little, and when he spoke it was in a few supercilious words. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The period of neglect of supercilious criticism comes to an end, and one of reverence, admiration and exhaustive study begins. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Nothing concerned, he ordered a post-chaise in a supercilious manner, criticising the horses, and drove to Clapton in style, drawn by a pair of spanking steeds, to the music of the postillion's horn. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Nevertheless, seeing his child obstinate, supercilious, and angry, he repeated his command with greater firmness. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Gerald's expression was supercilious, but his face did not indicate much strength of character. Harding of Allenwood 2011-12-21T03:00:21.617Z In the country the supercilious severity that I had often remarked in her disappeared. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z All this results from the existence of a military caste in this country which is as supercilious, self-opinionated, and autocratic as the military aristocracy of the most military ridden nation of Europe. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Roxdal's somewhat supercilious manner had always jarred upon the unsophisticated corn factor. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z As a single instance, I might select the supercilious condescension with which he invariably treats his friends the actors. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z A supercilious lift of his narrow shoulders emphasised his brutal comment. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z He would also be quite unmannerly and supercilious during the consultation if his presumption were not at once restrained by a sharp reminder. A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis 2011-12-06T03:00:21.763Z N. B.—I call them hateful, because of the true American steam-boat breed, smirking, supercilious, and unserviceable. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Grobstock was not sure whether the tone was supercilious or eager. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z These are but two mere examples taken at random, but they are typical of European arrogance, egotism, and her general attitude of supercilious apathy towards the Moslem world. Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value A Rational And Pyschological Study 2011-11-25T03:00:15.820Z Re Harris, I did think you were a bit supercilious a priori, but I thought of your youth and excused you. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z Mr. Werner's spectacled and supercilious face regarded me over her shoulder; he evidently had a low opinion of me, I do not know why. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z She carried herself with an air of importance, but her manner was very far from the least supercilious display. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z “You certainly could collect whatever was comin’ to you,” Mr. Sniffins assured her, his late supercilious smile replaced by a most obsequious one for this representative of the possessors of the dollars he worshiped. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z The boldest crossed the drawing-room with rapid steps, and joined the young ladies, hiding their trepidation behind a supercilious smile. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Fine feathers make fine birds; but look back a little, ye dashing cavaliers and supercilious ladies. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z The true way to judge is to stand apart, in the moral power of grace, not in the supercilious spirit of Pharisaism. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z Hereupon Lamorici�re, wounded by this supercilious tone, which smelt somewhat of the autocrat and betrayed a sort of rivalry as between pope and pope, began to defend Catholic institutions. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Are you thinkin’ of taking out a policy?” concluded that gentleman with a supercilious smirk. Three Little Women A Story for Girls 2011-11-17T03:00:30.707Z "It is plain you understand catching rabbits and dressing their skins better than conversing with gentlemen," said the stranger, as with a supercilious smile he turned away. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z This, added to their close and critical examination, at first embarrassed me considerably, but the supercilious and insulting manner in which the examination was conducted roused my indignation and restored my self-possession. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z He had implored the relentless Jenny not to allow their name to appear in connection with her undertaking, and lo, here it was, published to the world of supercilious fellow-clerks and magnificent proprietors. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z I do not understand you, Tomas, you are so supercilious to me. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z The importation of Western knowledge has imbued him with new fangled ideas, and shallow draughts have made him conceited and supercilious, disdaining almost everything Indian, and affecting a love of European �sthetics. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z As Savage Landor says, he was "irreverential to the great and to God: an ill-tempered, sour, supercilious man, who flattered some of the worst and maligned some of the best men that ever lived." The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Of course there were other families falling under the supercilious classification of "those who do their own work." The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z The soothsayer looked at the bull, who turned his brilliant bull's eye upon the astonished sage, with a sort of supercilious stare that almost amounted to a glaring oversight. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z In the carriage sat a pretty lively lady of uncertain age, by the side of a somewhat stout gentleman with a remarkably shaped head and a supercilious expression. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z This phenomenon is akin to that supercilious look given off by people settling into their first class seats on an airplane, met by the resentful glances of the steerage passengers pushing through to the back. How Apple Keeps Innovation Coming and Customers Buying 2011-10-03T10:09:34Z Did he loll in gaudy carriages, and look down with supercilious contempt on his poorer brethren? Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Are there not many, who seem never to have thought of bowing their heads in devotion, who have learned to wag them with the airs of supercilious criticism? The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z There was a supercilious grin on his lips, but deep in his eyes lurked an uneasy gleam. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z "Mr. Graham is very liberal," returned William, with a supercilious bow, which brought the hot blood to Walter's cheek. Jessie Graham 2011-09-21T02:00:30.653Z She was the first, therefore, to applaud; and her example animated all around, except the supercilious Miss Sycamore, and the jealous Miss Brinville, whom envy rendered inveterate. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z By his side, taking notes, sat his stenographer, his glance half curious and half supercilious playing constantly over the faces of the throng. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z Oh, the condescending blas�, supercilious manner in which I had been told: "We do our very best, I assure you!" My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z Automobiles, in which sat supercilious foreign chauffeurs, blocked the entrances of the pleasure palaces. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z They were among the most supercilious of the younger set, and as they raised their hats they looked curiously at Brenda's companion. Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls 2011-09-09T02:01:09.477Z We can eat all that starlings eat; yes, and a great many things they would turn up their supercilious bills at. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z I never shall forget the supercilious manner in which the Countess took out her eye-glass and looked me over as I passed her one day in the park. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z When he was attacked, as he often was in her presence—for she was on the whole liked, and he was regarded by the neighbourhood as "superior" and "supercilious"—she always took his part. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z The junior pilot, a fragile, girlish fellow, 193 rather taciturn, greets us always with a faintly supercilious smile. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z His portraits make him appear a most supercilious character, and doubtless he was. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z There is Eyre Lee, too; I don't much like the man, supercilious and empty-headed; still he's an unobjectionable alliance. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z His expression is proud and supercilious to the last degree, and he looks all round at his audience when he is playing. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z "Not even that," he answered with supercilious patience. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z A night clerk was at the desk—not he of the toothpick and the supercilious back. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z When he called at the publishers’ office they treated him with supercilious indifference, and—“Really did not know that the immediate appearance of the little book was so important.” World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z I wish Sydie hadn't brought him here; but I shall do as I always do, however grand and supercilious he may look. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Behind him was the young Count Conrad, with the same supercilious smile upon his face. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z And when attained, either temporarily or permanently, their fortunate possessors do not fail to look down on those beneath them, with the same supercilious pride and self gratulation, which they so recently condemned in others. Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico 2011-07-29T02:00:23.127Z As a literary class the Sadducees were few and select; aristocratic in taste, supercilious in manners. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z No writer can be great without a manner of his own; and that Dickens had such a manner his most supercilious censurer will readily allow. Dickens English Men of Letters 2011-07-13T02:00:19.017Z That is what the supercilious mother would say, for these intellectual aristocrats are filled with the pride of independence, and exact it from others. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z "Ah, indeed!" was his supercilious remark to this effusion. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Frank Vanderlyn nodded, with a supercilious smile upon his face, as though he understood the direction; and the stately mother swept down the room and partially disappeared among the crowd of quiet people below. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Mr Benham, on the other hand, was apt to wax stern and slightly supercilious when on his mettle. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z But he had in her no supercilious or scoffing critic. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z In a doorway opening into the quadrangle stood Major Hoffmann, watching the proceedings with a supercilious air. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z The anonymous author seemed to relish his cheeky, slightly un-Timesean kicker, which quoted a Republican on the state of the House: “a supine, subservient, soporific, superfluous, supercilious, pusillanimous body of nitwits.” Coming Next Sunday: The Latest Evolution of the Review 2011-06-18T19:06:55Z Hendrick, as usual, looked supercilious when he found I had shot nothing. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z Another change swept over Madame Hesslein's ever-changeful face; all resemblance of her late self disappeared, and a bold, brilliant, haughty creature sat in her place, smiling with supercilious amusement at the little Bohemian's blunder. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z My dear Gaspard," I cried, irritably, "what is the use of adopting this supercilious air of obstruction? A Diplomatic Woman 2011-06-10T02:00:18.297Z Could it be really his wife?—had not the supercilious Poinsett been himself tricked—or was he not now trying to trick him, Dumphy? Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z It was well into the afternoon when she appeared, haughty and supercilious. Marjorie Dean High School Senior 2011-06-06T02:00:09.407Z He approached me with an air supercilious and ceremonious; but the moment he caught a glance at my face, he shrunk back, visibly confounded and embarrassed. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Jim listened, but in the supercilious disbelief in his eyes Rachel read the truth. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z Ever since his arrival Hardy Atkins had ignored him, glancing at him furtively or gazing past him with supercilious scorn. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z Randal raised his brows in surprise, and with a smile slightly supercilious—the smile stung Leonard; and with a slow step Randal left the passage, and took his way towards Grosvenor Square. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Edward was distinctly offended by the supercilious manner and impertinent question, but he remembered his ward's condition and resentment passed from him. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z But it was not an English uncle "tipping" his bumptious American nephew with good advice, nor a pedagogue lecturing us upon our follies and defects, nor a supercilious foreigner condescending. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z To the best of my recollection," said the girl, with a good deal of the supercilious in her manner, "he neither came near us nor advanced any desire for friendship on his own account. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z "Well, then, what do you want to get so supercilious for?" raged Dixie. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z At the signal of the elections, the scenery, laboriously prepared, appeared all of a piece, showing the Conservatives grouped, supercilious, their lists ready. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z The young warrior and his fair bride, the wily Italian and the supercilious and unprincipled Count de Meyrand, are no longer before us. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z Cinto looked supercilious and haughty, but Mr. Hampton thought he detected a gleam of worry. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z Even Mrs. Houghton dropped her slightly supercilious manner toward him, a change to which he was as indifferent as to her coolness. Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z The dog threw back his supercilious little head and barked at the yellow jersey severely. Loveliness A Story 2011-04-27T02:00:23.450Z But even as Owen fixed his eyes on him sternly, the look was gone; and Theodore's smooth face was as coolly supercilious as usual. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Poor Meyrand is madly in love with this girl; and it is strange to see how passion mixes itself up with his supercilious air of indifference. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z And he was terribly snippy sometimes, and supercilious; but I'm going to get even with him. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z “It matters little what became of the poor dame; she must have been a weak creature,” observed Coecus, in a supercilious tone, re-arranging the folds of his toga and walking on. Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome 2011-04-21T02:00:52.107Z They did so with success, though not without being aware of some supercilious glances, accompanied by whispered words that, if heard, might have somewhat disconcerted them. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z In an instant they were down again, the object of supercilious attention having dissipated scrutiny by diving into the interior of a second-class carriage. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z It could scarcely be called a sneer; yet there was something supercilious and contemptuous in it too. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z His manner was chilly and supercilious; and he had more dignity about him than any negro I had ever before seen. Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 2011-04-15T02:00:18.057Z It was then almost unoccupied, and that added to the effect of its size and loftiness, but two very smart and somewhat supercilious attendants hovered in the background. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z I anticipate the start which this statement will call forth—am prepared for the supercilious sneer. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z “I think the era of the aloof, supercilious museum director has long passed, and that our jobs are much more about openness and accessibility.” The Texas Tribune: Replacing a Museum Director Who Was a Rare Find 2011-04-09T23:09:11Z "I knew not that your calling had various ways," replied the count, his usual air of indifference verging into a look of supercilious contempt. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z This, in short, was neither more nor less than trading and bartering, though, from supercilious punctilio, we had in a manner been denied it. A New Voyage Round the World by a Course Never Sailed Before 2011-04-07T02:00:17.607Z "A most respectable establishment, though," broke in Paul; "Fumbally's is known all over Ulster—" A very supercilious smile from Lady Netherby cut short a panegyric Mr. Dempsey would gladly have extended. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z But she has a something half supercilious, half silly, occasionally, that I don't like. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z His salutation is scarcely returned: or only with a nod, apparently supercilious. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z Envy on the one hand and a supercilious superiority on the other gave birth to a feeling of caste which was altogether in bad taste among professing Saints. The Mormons and the Theatre or The History of Theatricals in Utah 2011-03-14T03:01:07.627Z He comes and goes in a supercilious manner, and treats me as if I were his servant.” The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z The boys had looked upon their half-sister with all that supercilious mixture of pity and contempt with which all boys are apt to regard any fellow-creature who is so weak-minded as to be a girl. The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z I should be sorry to give the impression that she was supercilious or unkind. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z She was too supercilious to care much what impression she made on people in general; and if they bored her, she took no pains to conceal the fact. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z I have seen giddy and unthinking girls, who laughed at the ceremonial they did not understand, subdued to reverence by those strains, and supercilious Englishmen reduced to the humiliating necessity of wiping their eyes. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z You don’t know the supercilious way in which that boy treated me from the day he entered our office. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z Then she turns to Lady Rodney, who is near her, and who is looking cold and supercilious. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z Martin, masterful as ever, was not minded to endure such supercilious treatment at Elsie’s hands. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z “Indeed!” said the vicar again, with a slightly supercilious smile. The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z Loustannau observing a height which commanded the English position, immediately mentioned the fact to Norogue, who received this communication with supercilious indifference. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z Aunt Marguerite lowered her eyes, and then turned them in a supercilious way upon Louise. The Haute Noblesse A Novel 2011-03-10T03:00:50.577Z And then the deliciousness of being able to write to all those relations grown of late so supercilious, to Cousin Mienchen who came and played the rich, and tell them the glorious news. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z What commotion there was in the house when the supercilious letter of the haughty old peer arrived at Mr. Hildyard's. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Then arose an insurmountable difficulty: he would not hear of the match; he possessed wealth and in consequence proved supercilious. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z He treated with supercilious contempt the National Convention, which had dethroned the king and proclaimed a republic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Florence draws herself up to her full height, which is not inconsiderable, and follows her movements with slow, supercilious wonder. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z They had both round fat faces and perpetually open mouths, elaborately dressed hair and slightly supercilious expressions. The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z Prideaux's head rested on his hand, as if he were lost in thought; Kitty and Anthony were shaking, unobtrusively but unmistakably, and Cyril's fine, supercilious chin, set firmly, was quivering. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z Young Finlayson was frankly supercilious and condescending; and there was a schoolboy in a tall hat, who was always alluded to as "our brother at Eton." A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z "Nor is there," said Martin, with a supercilious glance at Merl, who was endeavoring in a dozen unsuccessful ways to seem unaware of the new arrival's presence. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "Is this a threat, Mr. Scanlan?" said Martin, with a supercilious smile. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The face in the sketch is supercilious and defiant. Shakespeare's England 2011-01-30T03:00:17.313Z Ivy Delmer was rather shy of her, because of her manner, which could be supercilious, because of her reputed cleverness, and because of her position at the Ministry, which was a long way above Ivy's. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z He could not himself have defined it; and he certainly could not have told why, at that moment, he should suddenly have thought of the supercilious face of his hated "boss" at the Works. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z And now the laugh, with which Hartmut looked from one to another of the assembly, had more of the supercilious about it than of a boy's hearty mirth. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z It was, indeed, Massingbred, just as he had seen him the first day in the Commons Hall at dinner, and when his cold, supercilious manner had struck him so disagreeably. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z She had arrived in state, and after a supercilious glance at her, had addressed the owner and mistress of the house as "Stivers"—though Sybil was most punctilious in calling her Mrs. Stivers. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Accustomed to rule over his equals, he was the more keenly alive to any supercilious treatment on the part of his superiors, and also to any evidence of an ill-concealed fear. Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z He was tall and very stiff—so stiff that his head seemed set too far back—with a supercilious sneering manner, a very harsh unpleasant voice, and an insufferable air of arrogance and conceit. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z He said this in a tone so supercilious, that even Doctor Fabian, so accustomed to being addressed by him as a hired teacher, was offended. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Martin gave a cold, supercilious smile, the only reply to these words. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z His Lordship sat down in an easy-chair, crossed his legs, took a haughty survey of the patients who called upon him, and spoke in a curt and supercilious tone. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Pen conducted himself during breakfast in a very haughty and supercilious manner; and, taking leave of the elder and younger lady, was presently heard riding out of the stable court. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z In all this, there is nothing new, and I fancy the supercilious feeling of the New Englandman can very easily be traced to his origin in the mother country. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z The knockers had a supercilious perk to their bronze or brass noses, the dandelions on the lawns had a highly connected air, and the very pigs were evidently descended from "our first families." Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z "I do see that you have been educated in France," said her Ladyship, with a smile of most supercilious import, while a courtesy from the young girl admitted the fact. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z Then they were witnesses of the embarkation of a small squad of Venezuelan soldiers under charge of an officer who appeared in a supercilious mood. Where Duty Called or, In Honor Bound 2011-01-01T03:00:22.753Z Pynsent and Pen had been at Oxbridge together, where the latter, during his heyday of good fortune and fashion, had been the superior of the young patrician, and perhaps rather supercilious toward him. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z You think the baroness, what she really is, an ambitious, proud, avaricious person, stupid in spite of her reading; the baroness thinks you, what you are not, an immensely conceited, supercilious fool. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z Charity is not of a haughty and supercilious temper. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z I hate him because he's the same supercilious beast as the other, and because he's been able to get round you. The Ivory Gate, a new edition 2010-12-25T03:00:10.617Z "After all," drawled a supercilious man sprawling across a chair, "the courts were built for the boys, weren't they?" The Lighter Side of School Life 2010-12-24T03:00:31.150Z I have seen her petted by some would-be society fine lady till my blood boiled, then marked the smile of supercilious sarcasm which would be thrown back upon her when her beautiful shoulders were turned. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z That worthy greeted her with his supercilious smile. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Presenters become even more supercilious when an outbreak of querulousness among rival supporters occurs in the stands. More rammies at the Ryder Cup, please 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z A few days afterwards I met him in the Strand, arrayed in my garments, and he passed me with a supercilious air, as though I were a being only fit to be despised. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 Then altering his tone to one of easy confidence, with a dash of the supercilious. Real Gold A Story of Adventure So he is, a contemptible, weak-kneed, supercilious beggar. Lady Maude's Mania The man’s face wore a supercilious and knowing smile. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager All this we must judge, however, from contemporary sources, and not from subsequent supercilious misrepresentations. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time He stared a moment, and the somewhat supercilious look traveled over the gazer, from dusty boots to waving brown hair. The Valiants of Virginia He was white with fear; but his gray eyes–which on shipboard Blake had never seen other than offensively supercilious–now glinted in a manner that served to alter the American’s mood. Into the Primitive The reply was supercilious, and couched in most intemperate terms. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster In her new character she was as beautiful and imperious as a queen, with a supercilious, almost coarse, expression of countenance. The Mystery of Evelin Delorme A Hypnotic Story He had often admired last year those select Jacobeans who, buttoning white gloves, stood in a supercilious group, while their juniors clumped through the Ladies' Chain uninspired by the swish of a single petticoat. Sinister Street, vol. 1 She told him her fears in a fretful, supercilious way; it was in exactly the same tone that she ordered things from the butcher and grocer each morning over the telephone. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Boone caught the intimation of threat, but Anne, knowing little of law-office procedure, recognized only what she resentfully considered a peremptory and supercilious note. The Tempering These events appear sudden and strange to us who are far removed from their influence, and who only entertain a languid kind of supercilious interest in matters in which the Chinese are the guiding spirit. The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar Trenor’s supercilious glance rested on her for the fraction of a second, then, with a bored nod, he continued on his way and up the stairs. The Moonlit Way "He was a fellow everybody hated; proud and supercilious to all, and treated his wife's relations—who were of far better blood than himself—as though they were canaille." The Fortunes Of Glencore The class was soon over, since we were only kept for a preliminary explanation of the course and a few words of supercilious greeting on behalf of the young instructor. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew In due course Boone presented himself at the office door in Louisville with the three names etched upon its frosted glass, and was conducted by a somewhat supercilious attendant to the Colonel's sanctum. The Tempering He treated me with supercilious condescension, varied occasionally with overbearing tyranny. Life on the Stage He's very brave; and he isn't a bit like a foreigner and hasn't any nasty supercilious notions about women. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Humble and submissive towards the Emperor and his ministers, he was disdainful and supercilious to his inferiors. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. Murchie was watching the race with a supercilious air, which I knew was clearly assumed. The Social Gangster But Ruth Drew thought she caught something in Jack's tone that sounded supercilious. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series Hope Lawson, who had never been very friendly at any time, seemed to have completely turned against her, and was both supercilious and disagreeable. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days The camel ought to appreciate travellers; there is always a tourist murmuring "Oh!" whenever one of these supercilious beasts shows himself near the Ezbekiyeh Gardens. Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu His slow, surly reserve, supercilious silence and solemn self-importance are wonderfully sustained; but hardly less excellent is his brother, with his affected tones, his foreign airs, and quick, talkative vanity. Maria Edgeworth In uttering them, he looked at me with a supercilious grin, and the question was addressed to the opposite side of the house, between which and the speaker there was a manifest collusion. Letters of a Lunatic A Brief Exposition of My University Life, During the Years 1853-54 He did not like the clerk's supercilious manner. By Right of Conquest A Novel Circumstances having raised him to a position of authority he regards them all with supercilious disdain. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation And know, of all our supercilious race, 710 Thou most inflammable! thou wasp of men! Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes A few supercilious looks, which they vouchsafed upon Cutts, who, to say the truth, was no beauty in his shooting-jacket, roused the Saxon lion. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 He disdained to recognize the cows and gave but a supercilious curl of his tail even to the most affable of the dairymen. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road He touched a bell, and the supercilious clerk entered. By Right of Conquest A Novel And again they surrounded the weeping girl, and their cheeks glowed with life and supercilious arrogance, and they danced around her singing: "Wegewarte, Sonnenwirbel." Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle Judith ached to say something that would rescue him from the clumsy predicament into which he had thrust himself, and she wanted to slap Molly for the expression of supercilious disdain on her face. Thirty At times he affected a vague interest in the Catholic faith and had been known to attend Mass. Concerning the love of women he was at once mysterious and supercilious. Years of Plenty As for my luckless throat, it was so swathed about with its bandages of cambric that my chin had a most supercilious elevation, and to look about I must first turn my body. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois Lord Dudley's manner to me, without being such as I could make a plea for resenting, had ever been of a supercilious and almost offensive character. Jack Hinton The Guardsman She shook her head, and gave a faint supercilious smile, as though in total disbelief of my words. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Do I revile the time if I say that the men had an air, a certain supercilious air, of being dukes disguised as art students? English Costume Martin firmly believed that if he had to ask a friend for help or advice he would rather have appealed to Davenant, the apparently supercilious, than to Rendell, the faithful feministic Fabian. Years of Plenty The two walked a long distance, silent and supercilious, for each felt that here were walking two men who together represented three hundred acres of field and meadow, and nearly as many more of forest-land. Landolin He was admitted by a supercilious colored boy in buttons, who, ushering him into a luxuriantly furnished office, told him to "Wait, the doctor was engaged at present." Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 But the glance wherewith he favoured them was one of supercilious command, almost of hostility. Haviland's Chum She acknowledged that her aversion to him arose from his making the Major the target of his wit, more than was attributable to youthful arrogance; he was both witty and supercilious. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine They were narrow and exclusive, and had little effect on the masses, who were left to go to the bad, if not with supercilious scorn, at any rate with genteel indifference. The Religious Life of London "I ventured to presume that you were an American," said Ogden, with a supercilious smile. One Of Them Sir Robert Peel spoke in a calm, dignified, statesmanlike manner, but the expression of his face was too supercilious to be pleasing. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself Buddha himself one can understand, and one becomes quite to know and admire the gently supercilious, ever-smiling expression that is faithfully caught in every statue and picture of him which one sees. To Lhassa at Last All this marks a return to the former days, before the age of supercilious cities, when most of the wealth and culture and family pride was in the open country and the village. The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity Or what do you mean by the supercilious quietness with which you assent to my misfortune? A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The deadliest sin, I say, were that same supercilious consciousness of no sin: that is death.... Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series Mr. Henry was coarsely dressed and quite unknown, yet retained his self-possession in spite of the supercilious smiles of aristocracy. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Say it out, sir; say out what that supercilious smile implies,' cried he, his eyes lighting up with all their ancient fire. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier They wouldn't let any Monday in, And not one Tuesday at all could win Her way past the supercilious crowd! A Little Freckled Person A Book of Child Verse "I am convinced that monsieur has written it with most consummate skill," said he, with a supercilious grin, and left the room. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance They sat down with many profound bows, to which the President-Judge returned a sneer and exchanged a supercilious look with his colleague. Black Forest Village Stories Mr. Clarke acknowledges that she not only seemed, but was, haughty and supercilious to the multitude, while to the chosen few she was the very embodiment of tender and true regard. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) He had figured to himself a supercilious blonde who used her privileges as a Baumhagen and the richest girl in the city, to subject her admirers to all manner of caprices. Gertrude's Marriage She was tied up a moment later with ropes at the foot of the gangway, and an Englishman emerging from her small beautifully polished saloon, asked in supercilious fashion for the captain. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday He was apt to strike one at first as distant and supercilious. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections "Handsome, of course?" said she, with a slight but supercilious curl of the lip. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Lady Knob-Kerrick sailed into the room, her head held high in supercilious superiority. Adventures of Bindle "Out West" dwellers are inclined to be supercilious when they mention the ways of the Atlantic seaboard. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making He was more boastful than ever, and treated the Americans at Detroit in a supercilious manner. Elsie on the Hudson She gave a slightly supercilious look, which fell upon the woman like moonlight on ice, and pursued her inquiries. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. Well, I remarked it, and saw the supercilious smile he assumed when I told him that the pillow was wrong. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I told you you'd jolly well better hear me out instead of being so infernally supercilious. Leonore Stubbs Lady Hamilton was not at all clever, though she was extremely supercilious and disdainful, so much so that these two defects were conspicuous in all her conversation. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun Here the door opened, and the repulsive stranger stept in, with his arrogant gait and supercilious mien. The Pictures; The Betrothing Novels I was so confident of finding the passport and utterly confounding the officer who had given me all this trouble, that I am afraid my manner was rather supercilious, to say the least of it. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. I have seen you very supercilious at times, child, it is precisely the manner for this interview. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life We might," said Miss Sparkes, in a supercilious accent, "learn some things from them which we much want. Coelebs In Search of a Wife She glanced uneasily at Gwynne and fancied she could hear him slam the lid of his breeding upon a supercilious sputter. Ancestors A Novel Her look was of a quizzical, slightly amused, but not supercilious character which made her more striking than ever if possible. The "Genius" For several days I observed the eyes of the lady of the house where I taught fixed with a most supercilious and scrutinising expression upon my shabby and unfortunate coat. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 No one can ever be as supercilious as some people look when they are angry with themselves and are thinking what miserable creatures they really are. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome Age and success, so far from making him morose or supercilious, softened the asperities of his character and developed the affectionate side of it. Studies in Contemporary Biography But no crayon could convey an idea of the squeaky voice and the supercilious manner. A Canadian Bankclerk Mark the supercilious air with which the vulgar moneylender hands his hat to Nicholas, and the unveiled contempt with which he receives the attentions of poor Mrs. Nickleby and her daughter. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. Some of them even wore a smile that approached the supercilious. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" "Your definition of spiritualism is so very liberal," Monsieur Leroy added, with a fine supercilious smile on his red lips. Cecilia A Story of Modern Rome It was one of the Everard cars, as the trim lines and perfection of detail would have shown without the English chauffeur's familiar, supercilious face. The Wishing Moon Iff put his back against the wall and lounged negligently, surveying the circle of unfriendly faces with his odd, supercilious eyes, half veiled by their hairless lids. The Bandbox But if Sally was supercilious, Toby was stubborn. Coquette Dr. Macloghlen admonished it with Irish eloquence, not always in language intended for publication; but it only turned up its supercilious lip and inquired in its own unspoken tongue what he knew about the desert. Miss Cayley's Adventures The first was a Californian about thirty-five or forty years of age, a man of a lofty, stern bearing, swarthy skin, glossy side whiskers, and bright supercilious eyes. Gold When things went against me, I seemed to hear always those bitter, supercilious words. The Moving Finger I refer the reader to a postscript of his “Dedication to the Freethinkers,” for a curious specimen of supercilious causticity in his description of Lord Kaimes as a critic, and Akenside as “The Poet!” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The other put on his glasses, the better to observe the neat, supercilious figure. Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings I found Mr. Tillington, in spite of his studiously languid and supercilious air, a most agreeable companion. Miss Cayley's Adventures Enraptured gaze, coy side-look, gallant advance, timid retrocession, impassioned declaration, supercilious rejection, piteous supplication, softening hesitation; worldly goods oblation, gracious acceptation; frantic jubilation, maidenly resignation. The Naples Riviera He might have admitted that much, with a supercilious smile and a little shrug of the shoulders. The Moving Finger It is certain that the proud and supercilious Warburton long crouched and fawned. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The word was supercilious cant, and irritated him. The Missourian His hands crawled in their restraint, in their lust to batter upon that supercilious face. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story The more I thought of myself, the more important I became; not proud and supercilious, but simply important to my own little ego. Confessions of a Neurasthenic He came to a standstill by the side of the boy, and stood there watching him for several moments, with a certain faintly amused curiosity shining out of his somewhat supercilious gray eyes. The Moving Finger "I can be very cool and very supercilious with Henry," he said. Shirley It pleased a certain young lady to treat the south coast of England with much supercilious contempt. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Then the onrush of horror was checked abruptly as she saw the supercilious lad regarding her frenzy calmly. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Then before me arose Cassion’s face, sarcastic, supercilious, hateful, and I laughed in scorn of the warning. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West He had it in his power to wreck the husband of every arrogant, supercilious dame in the entire clique! Carmen Ariza He gave a sort of supercilious sniff when Micky asked for a saucer of milk for the cat. The Phantom Lover “Quite a mistake, Johnny,” replied the noble retainer, with a supercilious glance at our friend, who was still perched high in air. Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 Some of them made the supercilious, but disreputable boast, that they had never taken a stitch in the whole course of their lives. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Gregory again was smiling, with the smile now of decorum at bay, of embarrassment rather than contempt; but to Karen's eyes it was the smile of supercilious arrogance. Tante “Have you any idea that Carmen is at all injured by Miss West’s supercilious conduct?” Carmen Ariza "He gives himself great airs," said Captain Williams, a swaggering, supercilious man, for whom Sydney had no affection, and who was not one of Sydney's admirers. Name and Fame A Novel "Yon supercilious sage, With patent prejudice and petty rage, Penning a tart jobation On practised Statesmen, must as much amuse As Statesmen-sciolists venting vapid views On rocks and revelation." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 Dryden, however, was not disposed to stomach Sir Robert's supercilious silence, and took a noble revenge in his "Essay on Dramatic Poesy." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 She shouldn't shelter herself for ever behind that supercilious beast, Ledgard. Jan and Her Job I do not like him at all!" exclaimed Clara, her gentle blue eyes flashing with indignation through her tears; "I do not like him at all, the scornful, arrogant, supercilious—Oh! Hidden Hand She affected the supercilious gestures of Englishwomen whom she had seen in the streets and elsewhere. A Great Man A Frolic The hunchback stopped his horse in the road below me, squared himself in his saddle, and looked up with a great supercilious grin. Dwellers in the Hills He glanced round the room with that supercilious air which young men of fashion and quality are apt to assume when amongst persons whom they consider immeasurably inferior to themselves. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 But he looked very fit and fearless as, after a moment’s supercilious survey of his rival’s ooze-dripping form, he came mincing forward to the attack. The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories During the dinner he exerted himself to be agreeable to Miss Day and Mrs. Rocke, but Traverse he affected to treat with supercilious neglect or ironical deference. Hidden Hand Already he was beginning to feel at home in the princely foyer of the Louvre, and to stare at new arrivals with a cold and supercilious stare. A Great Man A Frolic The supercilious tones of the professor had yielded to the sweetness and the light of the Greater Mind whose instrument he had momentarily become. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Overwhelmed by the appearance of a guest of such manifest distinction, the landlord bowed obsequiously as the other entered the tavern with a supercilious nod. The Strollers He pointed this out to Wells who, from a supercilious attitude, changed to one of defiance. The Vagrant Duke The clerk regarded her with a supercilious stare, consulted his records in a bored way, then informed her that no such person was registered there. The Film of Fear He is a poor, supercilious fool and doesn't know it! A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties She turned to look at Bob again, and with a haughty toss of her rather startling yellow curls raised her eyebrows in a supercilious glance of interrogation. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure Spirit primarily means wind; transgression, the crossing of a line; supercilious, the raising of the eyebrow. Nature "What a horrible-looking scoundrel!" exclaimed the uncrowned king in his most supercilious manner, and then began to talk of something else. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 Even of Hamilton, the most supercilious and least loveable of mankind, Burke speaks with a tenderness absolutely ridiculous amongst politicians. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 I know Rita better than you suppose, and, mark my words, she will furnish both the plan and the girl; and if you grow supercilious, egad! A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties He sensed the amused, supercilious contempt of his captor. Raiders of the Universes Walpole passed many a day there; sickly, supercilious, absurdly dandified, and affected; with a brilliant wit, a delightful sensibility; and for his friends, a most tender, generous, and faithful heart. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Close observers only would notice that the smile was supercilious and the bow perfunctory. Australia Revenged "Young man," said he, with a supercilious air, "what might your business be?" War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 An athletic-looking young man, rosy-cheeked and clear-eyed, who had been listening with a somewhat supercilious smile, now joins in 107 the debate. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war This, in a supercilious air, while she drew from the narghilah the smoke, which I could not relish. The Book of Khalid To poets and epicures, perhaps, the lordly canvas-back––though brown from the oven, I challenge the supercilious gourmet to distinguish between his favorite, and a fat American coot. A Breath of Prairie and other stories With a supercilious shrug, he swung back into the buckboard and drove up to the corral. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation He treated her with supercilious coldness and neglect, and evinced, from time to time, a degree of interest in other ladies which awakened her jealousy and anger. Queen Elizabeth Makers of History Erös Béla belonged to this same supercilious set, and had made many enemies by his sarcastic denunciations of things that were almost thought sacred in Marosfalva. A Bride of the Plains We are always meekly asked, even by the most supercilious, to overlook shortcomings, and condone. The Book of Khalid A supercilious cry rent the air as the Duke staggered on his patrician limbs. Mr. Punch Awheel The Humours of Motoring and Cycling Heedless of her ironical tone, he turned a supercilious glance on Knowles. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation The political utterances were supposed to be supercilious, and were certainly not marked by any fiery enthusiasm. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice Adieu, from the French, is still more ceremonious than farewell; congé, also from the French, is commonly contemptuous or supercilious, and equivalent to dismissal. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Miss Keys raised her brows in a somewhat supercilious way. The Time of Roses Even the members of the Lower Third turned up supercilious noses. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life But there was a month’s layer of tan on the hunter’s handsome, supercilious face. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation They will not find us the partisans of any system, and they will probably close the volume with supercilious contempt. Practical Education, Volume II A fling is careless and commonly pettish; a taunt is intentionally insulting and provoking; the sneer is supercilious; the taunt is defiant. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions The Sheriff's daughter had already been crowned, and sat now in supercilious state in the Sheriff's own seat. Robin Hood Their ardent and humourless democracy detected in him no taint of the patronizing or supercilious, and if he was new to the backwoods, he paid his arrears of knowledge with the ready coin of eagerness. The Roof Tree “I’ll smoke all I please and when I please,” he murmured in a supercilious drawl. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation After receiving this appointment, he did not grow more proud or arrogant, but assumed a supercilious look, which gave a repulsive expression to his countenance. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens It was not according to the books for any wolf, great or small, to conduct himself 120 in this supercilious fashion. Kings in Exile One man was so openly supercilious when he found out that I did not know how to milk, that Mrs. Burke, who is nothing if not practical, offered to show me. Hepsey Burke He couldn't stand for mother-in-law, a haughty, selfish, supercilious, ambitious creature who had little sympathy for her predecessor's child, and no scruple in showing it. The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life And the big man looked down at her with a sort of supercilious good nature. Not Like Other Girls His elder sister, Edith, was like her mother, rather arrogant and supercilious, and considered her brother as lacking in family pride, and liable to disgrace them by some unfortunate alliance. Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast Denis glanced quickly at Cleopatra and in his eyes she read the supercilious message: "People of our generation could not be so foolish." Too Old for Dolls A Novel Even so, it is doubtful if the host and hostess would have permitted themselves to notice the supercilious rudeness of the leader of Durford “Society,” had Hepsey been able to curb her indignation. Hepsey Burke Seabeck took the paper from the tips of Billy Louise's supercilious fingers, returned with it to the desk for a blotter, hunted an envelope, folded the note carefully, and laid it away inside. The Ranch at the Wolverine I suspected it originated in my hat, which was really very shabby; and fancied I detected a supercilious expression in his eye as it ranged over my coat and down to my boots. The Land of Thor The popular notions of the gods are then reviewed, in the most supercilious tone, and their absurdities pointed out. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity For her heart was hot with rage, and the first impulse was to vent it upon this nearest of the supercilious Melroses. The Beloved Woman I had had enough of the supercilious, near-sighted eyes of the Teuton. The Maids of Paradise I hate them as much as you do, and I won’t have them coming around with their inquisitive, patronizing, supercilious offers of assistance to a—beggar. Seven Miles to Arden A too familiar figure was standing there watching me,—Lady Delahaye, trim, elegant, a trifle supercilious. The Master Mummer The startling, incredibly supercilious tone of this man who had once been his valet, was extraordinary in itself. The Brothers Karamazov They had sometimes shown her the arrogant, the supercilious side of the Melrose nature, in the years gone by. The Beloved Woman Why, on that matter he could never be supercilious enough. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Her former supercilious sternness was gone, and a meek and quiet spirit, which earned the respect of all, had taken its place. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Her reception of the Currans, while supercilious in expression, was really sincere. The Art of Disappearing There was even a supercilious note in his voice. The Brothers Karamazov No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I 'm pious when I 'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Thus, where the rich of the Langdon sort are supercilious, the rich of the Roebuck sort are nervous and often become morbid on the subject of assassination as they grow richer and richer. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 “Congratulate you,” he began, with his nasty, supercilious grin, which of late had been getting on my nerves severely. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 From the days when as a student he used to slip into Nando's in a costume that raised the supercilious astonishment of his contemporaries, Thurlow to the last erred on the side of neglect. A Book About Lawyers What was worst of all, there was something humiliating in it, and on their side something “supercilious and scornful.” The Brothers Karamazov A line of camels, strung together like a grotesque living necklace, sauntered past, led by a loose-robed Pathan, as supercilious of aspect as the shuffling brutes who bobbed and gurgled in his wake. Captain Desmond, V.C. She even expressed supercilious surprise that Japan, while asserting Korea's independence, should suggest the idea of peremptorily reforming its administration. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era But a supercilious glance from the captain made her refusal decided. That Girl Montana Farming became a conundrum worthy of the best brain, and one at which the supercilious could ill afford to scoff. The Wall Between Though he looked down upon every one, he was a good comrade and not supercilious. The Brothers Karamazov Was it because I was a friend of Barty the Guardsman, who had never been supercilious towards anybody in his life? The Martian Lewes always approached the subject of the Wonder with a certain supercilious contempt. The Wonder “What a God-forsaken wilderness!” he exclaimed, and looked around with a supercilious air, suggesting that he would have given the Creator of the Kootenai country valuable points if he had been consulted. That Girl Montana He was admitted by a new and rather supercilious man-servant—for Horton did not now seem to be in the great man’s employ. The Stretton Street Affair A supercilious and condescending smile played on his lips. The Brothers Karamazov He seemed frigid and perhaps supercilious to those with whom he came in contact; he was forced to go his way, hiding from all eyes the emotions he felt. The Hero The author of such works, in this department, as Mr. Savage has produced, cannot be thus set aside by a magisterial and supercilious waving of the hand of this Reviewer. Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply Her ball is blazoned in the fashionable journals, and the well-bred reporter, while elaborately complimentary to the exotics, is discreetly silent as to the supercilious stares. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) And something�what shall I say?�of ironic, supercilious disillusion makes her forehead weary, and her eyelids heavy. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions He gazed, in a supercilious fashion, at the two whites and the dog. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War "Captain Parsons is a cynic," said Mr. Dryland, with a slightly supercilious smile. The Hero The party consisted of a lady and two gentlemen, one old, the other young—the latter dressed in the height of fashion, and with the supercilious air which Tom hated from his soul. Tom Brown at Oxford There was little in common between them; between the marked features and grave keen expression of the one face, and the cool, bright, somewhat supercilious eye and smile of the other. The Old Helmet, Volume I One was a tall, well-dressed lad in yachting clothes, whose face, rather handsome otherwise, was marred by a supercilious sneer, as if he considered himself a great deal better than anyone else. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Their tramp over the country had not improved their appearance, and her supercilious, inquisitive look was not strange, under the circumstances. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War He could say nothing which did not seem hideously supercilious; and yet he wanted to abase himself! The Hero I'm always thinking how good it would be for the fat, supercilious people, who care so little for their half-crown's worth, to be set to try and do a half-crown's worth of anything like it. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing There," he said, with the slight supercilious smile which was his most marked physical peculiarity, but of which he was quite unconscious, "your will is quite safe now! Studies in love and in terror And—which rather surprised himself—he did not lift a supercilious eyebrow and say in a soft, apathetic voice, "Very we-ell!" The Rose-Garden Husband There is no surer sign of vulgarity than a needless assumption of the tone of authority and a haughty and supercilious bearing toward servants and inferiors in station generally. How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits Embracing An Exposition Of The Principles Of Good Manners; Useful Hints On The Care Of The Person, Eating, Drinking, Exercise, Habits, Dress, Self-Culture, And Behavior At Home; The Etiquette Of Salutations, Introductions, Receptions, Visits, Dinners, Evening Parties, Conversation, Letters, Presents, Weddings, Funerals, The Street, The Church, Places Of Amusement, Traveling, Etc., With Illustrative Anecdotes, a Chapter on Love and Courtship, and Rules of Order for Debating Societies “I have always hated you, with your supercilious airs, you, whose father....” The Place of Honeymoons He was more than middle-aged; he wore a gray beard, and the air of a somewhat supercilious martyr; his near sight was obviated by double lenses in gold rims. Stingaree Over his lantern-shaped face, across his thin, determined mouth, there had still lingered a trace of the supercilious smile with which he had been looking round him. Studies in love and in terror St. Ruth, the French general, treated the Irish officers and soldiers under his command with supercilious contempt. The Huguenots in France He had treated her with a supercilious disbelief in there being any tip for him as soon as he had heard of her destination. To Love She flung it at the three supercilious strangers. The Convert To me, who was only a clerk, though an old and trusted one, James was always supercilious and overbearing. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success The old joy of "fixing up" her storeroom had been wrested from her by the supercilious mulatto butler, who wore immaculate shirt fronts, but whom she suspected of being untidy beneath his magnificent exterior. Virginia The life would be like heaven after her present drudgery in finishing the Misses Pontifex, who were stupid and supercilious. Vixen, Volume III. Thanks," said Vixen, with a supercilious glance at the most leggy of the two hunters, "I shouldn't care to be up there. Vixen, Volume II. It was the effect that haste and contrition frequently wrought in her—one of the things that made folk call her 'too self-contained,' even 'a trifle supercilious.' The Convert Feeble men, ever jealous, ever envious, sicken at the praise of greatness, and pride will elevate its supercilious brow in disdain, at the eulogy of the lowly born. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3 In all the world there is nothing so arrogant and haughty as a camel, and they regarded from their supercilious height the petty quarreling of man. Peking Dust If the weather is hard and fish offal scarce on the beach, the gulls will pay us a supercilious visit. A Poor Man's House The bookkeeper raised his eyes for a moment, glanced at Luke with a supercilious air, and said curtly, "No!" Luke Walton A supercilious, patronizing person—son of a wretched country parson—used to loll against the wall of your salon—with his nose in the air. The Big Drum A Comedy in Four Acts He obtained admittance as before, and pressed forward till he was arrested by the supercilious lackeys in gold-lace livery. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Josephine put on a supercilious face; Lucy sniffed; Helen and Adelaide went on with their breakfast as though nothing had happened. Girls of the Forest But it was early for fashionable ladies to be 157 out shopping, so the rather supercilious young woman greeted Patty with a cautious air of reserve. Patty's Success The vain and supercilious became serious and unobtrusive. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan |
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