Usually means: Displaying excessive pride with satisfaction.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word smugly:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. smugly: Merriam-Webster
  2. smugly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. smugly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. smugly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Smugly, smugly: Wordnik
  6. smugly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. smugly: Wiktionary
  8. smugly: Dictionary.com
  9. Smugly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. smugly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. smugly: Rhymezone
  12. Smugly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. smugly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. smugly: FreeDictionary.org
  15. smugly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. smugly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. smugly: Legal dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. smugly: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Smugly: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (smugly)

▸ adverb:  In a self-satisfied manner.

Similar:
smirkingly, smickly, self-possessedly, smirkily, self-importantly, snobbishly, gloatingly, cockily, contentedly, pridefully, more...

Opposite:
humbly, modestly

Types:
self-satisfied, smug, condescending, superior, arrogant, snooty, snobbish, more...

Phrases:
say smugly, smile smugly, said smugly, smugly flattering, says smugly, more...



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Similar:
smirkingly, smickly, self-possessedly, smirkily, self-importantly, snobbishly, gloatingly, cockily, contentedly, pridefully, more...

Opposite:
humbly, modestly

Types:
self-satisfied, smug, condescending, superior, arrogant, snooty, snobbish, more...

Phrases:
say smugly, smile smugly, said smugly, smugly flattering, says smugly, laughs smugly, look smugly, opposite of smugly, act smugly, speak smugly, walk smugly, laugh smugly, saying smugly, more...



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