He was very deliberate, and spoke with an air of feeling slightly superior to what he said.

I sent Max a slightly superior smile, one that said,You see?

I wasn't expecting a slightly superior smile from him, and I didn't get one.

I'd never imagined anybody frowning a slightly superior frown, but there it was.

The analysts later pointed out a slightly superior line of play.

Two billion humanoid life-forms, level of technology comparable, in fact perhaps slightly superior to our own.

That's more or less what it means," Nicole explained in a slightly superior tone.

Technically that is slightly superior, but there are two other considerations.

The girl smiled again, a serene, slightly superior smile.

It would appear that the slightly superior performance of the complex algorithm does not justify the increase in execution time.