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sanctimoniously

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sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous  (sngkt-mn-s)
adj.
Feigning piety or righteousness: "a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg that looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity" (Mark Twain).

sancti·moni·ous·ly adv.
sancti·moni·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.sanctimoniously - in a sanctimonious manner; "she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody"
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sanctimoniously [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəslɪ] ADVcon mojigatería, con santurronería
she said sanctimoniouslydijo con mojigatería or santurronería
sanctimoniously
sanctimoniously [ˌsæŋktɪˈməʊnɪəslɪ] adv (pej) (say) → con tono moraleggiante


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A few sanctimoniously wondered how, after her 10 minutes of fame, she'd cope with reality as opposed to reality TV life.
Smith is sanctimoniously smug and the laughably ghoulish ending involves a killer jellyfish.
Although the topic was predictably foreign policy, on which he is an alleged expert, the reason for attending was not to hear the verbose senator sanctimoniously expound on international relations.
 
 
 
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