“Looking back on it, my smugness was disgusting. I can’t imagine he read it & if he did, I’m sure he didn’t care but still, I wish I had found a way to apologize.”

He championed conquest in the world of retail, irked by industry smugness that dismissed a Seattle-based retailer.

Because he bought a ticket then endured a long journey to the theater, Yannick feels entitled to be entertained, and has a certain smugness about it.

What I especially remember about that period is the arrogance, the smugness of the Dallas attitude, the disdain we had for the rest of the country, for liberalism and the Supreme Court.

Among the upstart Skrulls, Ben-Adir conveys the cockiness of a young firebrand, peppered with the smugness of a classic thriller villain.