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pharisaically
Variant of Pharisaic
adjective
- of the Pharisees
- emphasizing or observing the letter but not the spirit of religious law; self-righteous; sanctimonious
- pretending to be highly moral or virtuous without actually being so; hypocriticalalso pharisaical
Related Forms:
- pharisaically adverb
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