(disapproving) giving the impression that you feel you are better and more moral than other people:
the sanctimonious middle class * a sanctimonious voice * I wish she'd stop being so sanctimonious.
sanctimoniously adverb:
his sanctimoniously paternal style
sanctimoniousness noun [U]
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