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self-righteously

self-righteously adverb: in a self-righteous manner.

Adverb

self-righteously (comparative more self-righteously, superlative most self-righteously)

  1. In a self-righteous manner.

Forms of self-righteously

comparativemore self-righteously
superlativemost self-righteously

Origin of self-righteously

From self-righteous + -ly.

Questions about self-righteously

What does self-righteously mean?
Self-righteously means in a self-righteous manner.
What part of speech is self-righteously?
Self-righteously is an adverb.

Words near self-righteously in the dictionary

  1. self-review
  2. self-reviews
  3. self-right
  4. self-righted
  5. self-righteous
  6. self-righteously
  7. self-righteousness
  8. self-righter
  9. self-righters
  10. self-righting
  11. self-rights

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