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Meanings of supercilious air in English

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Usage of supercilious air in English
1
You can see him; and passed on with a somewhat supercilious air.
A Chance Acquaintance
2
And, with a supercilious air, Don Bempo threw the money upon the table.
The Daughter of an Empress
3
At length, one of them, with a supercilious air, asked the other's name.
Travels through France and Italy
4
He had passed her with his haughty, supercilious air, pretending not to recognize her.
The Downfall
5
The first exchange of wondering glances over, he viewed Theos with a critical, half supercilious air.
Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self
6
Brand looked round with a supercilious air.
Sunrise
7
She liked me better from that time on, and she never took a supercilious air with me again.
My Antonia
8
A tall girl, wearing expensive furs and having a supercilious air, came along with two or three companions.
Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach; Or, Strange Adventures Among The Ora...
9
Even the outside passengers have an erect and supercilious air, as if proof against the accidents of the journey.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17,...
10
The husband looked at me with a supercilious air, and I paid him back with a look of audacity.
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3
11
At the Berkshire mansion, she wore a supercilious air, almost as icy as she accused the place of being.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 5
12
A clean one wore a superior, supercilious air, and seemed to play its part reluctantly in his various activities.
Just William’s Luck
13
They certainly were handsome, but had a supercilious air that chilled admiration and disposed the spectator to be critical.
The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon
14
He was no longer either disposed to treat him with the supercilious air in which he did on their first acquaintance.
Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
15
He had something of a supercilious air, although the expression of youthful innocence and honesty was still evident on his face.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
16
On top of everything else, his faintly supercilious air had made her aware how very gauche and countrified and ignorant she was.
The viscount and the virgin
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