disapproval If you say that someone is smug, you are criticizing the fact they seem very pleased with how good, clever, or lucky they are. Thomas and his wife looked at each other in smug satisfaction. showing too much satisfaction with your own cleverness or success - used to show disapproval smug about (Probably from smuck )
Studiously neat or nice, especially in dress; spruce; affectedly precise; smooth and prim
smugly
Hyphenation
smug·ly
Turkish pronunciation
smʌgli
Pronunciation
/ˈsməglē/ /ˈsmʌɡliː/
Etymology
[ 'sm&g ] (adjective.) 1551. probably modification of Low German smuck neat, from Middle Low German, from smucken to dress; akin to Old English smoc smock.