Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sanctimonious \Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous\, a. [See {Sanctimony}.]
1. Possessing sanctimony; holy; sacred; saintly. --Shak.
2. Making a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness;
hypocritically devout or pious. ``Like the sanctimonious
pirate.'' --Shak. -- {Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Sanc`ti*mo"ni*ous*ness}, n.
Source : WordNet®
sanctimoniously
adv : in a sanctimonious manner; "she was sanctimoniously
criticizing everybody" [syn: {self-righteously}]