Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sacredly; religiously.
- In a sanctimonious or affectedly sacred manner.
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- adverb In a
sanctimonious manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a sanctimonious manner
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Examples
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Seton-Karr declares sanctimoniously that the perpetrators were unknown, but slyly adds that among those rumored to be responsible, was a candidate for the state legislature.15 In a later chapter Seton-Karr mentions that Boney Earnest was running for election to the legislature.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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"Last year, Obama sanctimoniously railed against nondisclosing groups, and this year his brazenly hypocritical operatives started one for him," said Jonathan Collegio, a spokesman for American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS.
Key Fund-Raiser for Obama Gets Off to a Slow Start Brody Mullins 2011
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The media relentlessly trashes this woman and her family every single day for a over a year and then sanctimoniously reports that her approval rating is dipping.
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Beck spent most of his Wednesday show sarcastically and sanctimoniously questioning why only fourteen members of Congress have signed his pledge against violence, in spite of exhaustive efforts by his staff to call members of Congress and get them to sign it.
Chris Rodda: Hey, Mr. Beck, Maybe Congress Just Doesn't Think You're All That Important Chris Rodda 2011
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Don't put yourself out there so self sanctimoniously and expect people to act any differently when you fall on your face, or screw up almost weekly.
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Seton-Karr declares sanctimoniously that the perpetrators were unknown, but slyly adds that among those rumored to be responsible, was a candidate for the state legislature.15 In a later chapter Seton-Karr mentions that Boney Earnest was running for election to the legislature.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The same Democrat party that nurtured and defended slavery for over a hundred years is now sanctimoniously admonishing a Republican, whose party had fought slavery throughout this nation's history, because the man said something stupid.
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Seton-Karr declares sanctimoniously that the perpetrators were unknown, but slyly adds that among those rumored to be responsible, was a candidate for the state legislature.15 In a later chapter Seton-Karr mentions that Boney Earnest was running for election to the legislature.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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When others were saluting Boise State's top-five preseason college-football ranking last August, sanctimoniously cheering the possibility of a small school's reaching the title game, we penned a diatribe headlined "The Boise State Nightmare."
Honk If You Had This Game in Your Bracket Darren Everson 2011
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Beck spent most of his Wednesday show sarcastically and sanctimoniously questioning why only fourteen members of Congress have signed his pledge against violence, in spite of exhaustive efforts by his staff to call members of Congress and get them to sign it.
Chris Rodda: Hey, Mr. Beck, Maybe Congress Just Doesn't Think You're All That Important Chris Rodda 2011
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