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Definition of Sanctimoniously
1. Adverb. In a sanctimonious manner. "She was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody"
Definition of Sanctimoniously
1. Adverb. In a sanctimonious manner. ¹
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Definition of Sanctimoniously
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sanctimoniously
Literary usage of Sanctimoniously
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1859)
"... looking more sanctimoniously demure and puritanically miserable than ever, in
spite of the exhilarating influence of the potent beverage whereof he was ..."
2. The Philosophic and Scientific Ultimatum: Written in the Constitution and by W. A. Allibaco (1864)
"From these corrupt books, sanctimoniously sanctioned with the name of God, ...
he sanctimoniously refers to the most appropriate passages of the Bible as ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"... is evident at once, and we blame his teachers; if his feeling is a miserable
deformed faculty, we sanctimoniously shrug our shoulders and blame nature. ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1907)
"Naked he would have been sanctimoniously reverenced; but enveloped in the rags
of royalty, they can hardly be torn off without laceration. ..."
5. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"The second Lateran Council, in 1139, orders all potentates to coerce heretics
into obedience; the third, in 1179, sanctimoniously says that the Church does ..."
6. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1859)
"... looking more sanctimoniously demure and puritanically miserable than ever, in
spite of the exhilarating influence of the potent beverage whereof he was ..."
7. The Philosophic and Scientific Ultimatum: Written in the Constitution and by W. A. Allibaco (1864)
"From these corrupt books, sanctimoniously sanctioned with the name of God, ...
he sanctimoniously refers to the most appropriate passages of the Bible as ..."
8. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1897)
"... is evident at once, and we blame his teachers; if his feeling is a miserable
deformed faculty, we sanctimoniously shrug our shoulders and blame nature. ..."
9. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1907)
"Naked he would have been sanctimoniously reverenced; but enveloped in the rags
of royalty, they can hardly be torn off without laceration. ..."
10. A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages by Henry Charles Lea (1887)
"The second Lateran Council, in 1139, orders all potentates to coerce heretics
into obedience; the third, in 1179, sanctimoniously says that the Church does ..."
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