piously

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The show’s wall text piously bills this design as taking a moral stand that chooses cultural transparency over opacity.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2019

He claimed to have learned a lesson from that episode, and now says piously that “taxpayers absolutely have the right to know official travel costs.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2017

“The American people absolutely deserve access to the White House,” Epshteyn remarks piously, “and they should continue to pose their questions.”

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2017

“With the speed of the ball, it could have killed the girl,” he piously observed, as the tournament referee appeared on the scene.

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2016

My parents seemed to me piously simple—like the nuns I remembered—unwilling to entertain intellectual challenges.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez