sanctimoniously
adverb
formaldisapprovinguk/ˌsæŋk.tɪˈməʊ.ni.əs.li/us/ˌsæŋk.təˈmoʊ.ni.əs.li/in a way thatsuggestsyou aremorallybetterthanothers:
Hesmiledsanctimoniously.
Shekneltsanctimoniously infrontof thealtar.
See
sanctimonious
- "We havelostourhumanity," hedeclaredsanctimoniously.
- Thepressuregroupshave all sanctimoniouslycriticizedhim.
- I wasfeelingsanctimoniouslysuperior.
Feeling morally superior
- claim
- claim the moral high groundidiom
- de haut en bas
- holier-than-thou
- judgmental
- judgmentally
- loftiness
- moralistic
- pearl-clutching
- preachy
- priggish
- righteously
- sanctimonious
- sanctimoniousness
- self-righteous
- self-righteously
- superior
- superiority complex
- virtue signalling
- virtuous