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# supercilious

adjective (more supercilious, most supercilious)

«supercilious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Supercilious means proud and looking down on others, as if they were not worth noticing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supercilious/#m1)

### In the lessons

a character who sneers or looks down its nose at others in a tale

### Examples

- The tall Rocket looked supercilious. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supercilious/#x1)
- Don't be so supercilious with your friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supercilious/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «supercilious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supercilious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«supercilious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/supercilious.html) on Mova free.