Usually means: Behaving with exaggerated moral superiority.
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  1. sanctimoniously: Merriam-Webster
  2. sanctimoniously: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sanctimoniously: Collins English Dictionary
  4. sanctimoniously: Vocabulary.com
  5. sanctimoniously: Wordnik
  6. sanctimoniously: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. sanctimoniously: Wiktionary
  8. sanctimoniously: Dictionary.com
  9. Sanctimoniously: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. sanctimoniously: Rhymezone
  11. sanctimoniously: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. sanctimoniously: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. sanctimoniously: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. sanctimoniously: FreeDictionary.org

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▸ adverb:  In a sanctimonious manner.

Similar:
self-righteously, sanctifiedly, unsanctimoniously, saintishly, self-importantly, unsanctifiedly, sacredly, puritanically, solaciously, piously, more...

Opposite:
honestly, sincerely, genuinely, authentically

Types:
self-righteous, smug, holier-than-thou, pious, self-satisfied, more...

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Similar:
self-righteously, sanctifiedly, unsanctimoniously, saintishly, self-importantly, unsanctifiedly, sacredly, puritanically, solaciously, piously, more...

Opposite:
honestly, sincerely, genuinely, authentically

Types:
self-righteous, smug, holier-than-thou, pious, self-satisfied, more...



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