(disapproving) behaving towards other people as if you think you are better than they are
SYNSUPERIOR:
The dress shop assistant was very supercilious. * She gave a supercilious smile.
superciliously adverb
superciliousness noun [U]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is supercilious a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, supercilious is tagged as adjective.
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