sanctimoniously

/ˌsæŋktəˈmoʊniəsli/ adv

In a sanctimonious manner.

Word Origin Sanctimoniously comes from sanctimonious, which is built on sanctimony — from Latin 'sancire' 'to make sacred.' But sanctimony took on a negative twist: it's a show of holiness, a holier-than-thou attitude. The same root gives us sanctify and sacrosanct. The adverb means doing something with that false piety.

adv In a sanctimonious manner.

He spoke sanctimoniously about charity while ignoring the poor in his own neighborhood.

(副词) 伪善地;假惺惺地

他伪善地谈论慈善,却对自己社区的穷人视而不见。

(adverbio) santurronamente; con santurronería; con beatería; con mojigatería [De manera santurrona.]

Habló con tono santurrón sobre la caridad mientras ignoraba a los pobres de su propio vecindario.

(adverbe) avec un air de fausse piété; hypocritement; avec pharisaïsme; d'un air de componction [D'une manière moralisatrice et hypocrite, avec une piété affichée et ostentatoire.]

Il parlait des pauvres sanctimoniously, alors qu'il ne leur donnait jamais rien.

(Adverb) scheinheilig; frömmlerisch [auf eine scheinheilig moralisierende Weise; mit übertriebener oder geheuchelter Frömmigkeit.]

Er sprach **sanctimoniously** über Nächstenliebe, ignorierte aber die Armen in seiner eigenen Nachbarschaft.

(副詞) 聖人ぶって、独善的に、自分の正義を押しつけるように。

彼は近所の貧しい人々を無視しながら、慈善について**聖人ぶって**話した。

(advérbio) com falso moralismo; com hipocrisia; com beatice; hipocritamente [De maneira santimônia; com falsa devoção ou moralismo.]

Ele falou com falso moralismo sobre caridade enquanto ignorava os pobres do seu próprio bairro.

Word parts: sanct + imon + ious + ly

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