Sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous a.
1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly.
2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious. “Like the sanctimonious pirate.”
-- Sanc*ti*mo*ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Sanc*ti*mo*ni*ous*ness, n.
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sanctimoniously
adv : in a sanctimonious manner; "she was sanctimoniously
criticizing everybody" [syn: self-righteously]