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Meanings of supercilious look in inglês

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Usage of supercilious look in inglês
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A moment later, he shoots me that supercilious look of the über-geeky.
Geektastic
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With a supercilious look it examined the dragon as though it were an oversize mouse.
The Tarn of Eternity
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Queen Coo-ee-oh gave the girl a supercilious look.
Glinda of Oz / In Which Are Related the Exciting Experiences of ...
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She gave me a supercilious look and said, in a hard voice, "Nothing, sir."
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction
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The hobgoblin sat astride the pony, watching them with a sneering, supercilious look on his flat face.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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He leaned back a little more rigidly in his chair, and fixed a critical, half supercilious look upon her.
The Crusade of the Excelsior
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He had a sharp face, with rather a prominent nose; and a pair of pince-nez gave him a supercilious look.
Mike
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Servadac observed the supercilious look, and half rose to his feet, but, smothering his resentment, took his seat again without speaking.
Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space
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English notions of what is becoming don't hold good here; you can't stop a man like Wilkinson with a supercilious look.
The Girl from Keller's
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Therefore he gave Zagrubsky a supercilious look of contempt, and unceremoniously closed the pouch when the Pole wanted to take some tobacco.
In Those Days: The Story of an Old Man
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Hence proceeds that supercilious look and all those visible indignities with which men behave in public to those whom they fancy their inferiors.
The Works of Henry Fielding, vol. 12
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He stared at me with the supercilious look of someone who knew he had the upper hand and was certainly going to milk it.
One of our Thursdays is missing
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A contemptuous laugh came from a big, handsome boy who sat in the middle of the circle-bigand handsome, yet with a supercilious look.
The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters; Or, The Lost Treasure of Buffalo...
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He nudged the elbow of a supercilious looking young gentleman in evening dress who was passing.
In Friendship's Guise
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But some will say, Whence has this fellow got the arrogance which he displays and these supercilious looks?
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridi...
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She was overdressed and rather supercilious looking, and was not strong enough to really enjoy the rough and tumble life of the camp.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Ca...
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