~ (about sb/sth) (usually disapproving) too satisfied with yourself or with a situation, so that you do not feel that any change is necessary; showing or feeling complacency:
a complacent smile * a dangerously complacent attitude to the increase in unemployment * We must not become complacent about progress.
complacently adverb:
to nod / smile / speak complacently
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