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  • n  the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior

  • In place of truth-telling, he has substituted superciliousness and spite.
  • Stung by Brent's superciliousness toward actresses, she takes him to see one of her pictures in a village cinema, makes an enthusiastic personal appearance before she realizes .
  • Using guile and seduction, they managed to get humans to feed them, thus preserving their superciliousness without going hungry.

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