piously
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What the “One World” broadcast managed was to replicate something old-fashioned: a big, corny, mass-media entertainment, one that piously affirmed what feel like bedrock, mainstream values.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2020
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
“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
So it was easy to scoff at the sight of the recently reformed workaholic Arianna Huffington piously advising Hillary Clinton last week to stop “trying to do everything” and make room for something called “self-care”.
From The Guardian ● May 13, 2016
He sighed and shook his head and he looked piously to the sky.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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