Wiktionary
adv. In a self-righteous manner
WordNet
adv. in a sanctimonious manner; "she was sanctimoniously criticizing everybody" [syn: sanctimoniously]
Usage examples of "self-righteously".
Carl Abeyta stiffened self-righteously and stifled an urge to lunge across the room at Shorty.
When men reduce their virtues to the approximate, then evil acquires the force of an absolute, when loyalty to an unyielding purpose is dropped by the virtuous, it's picked up by scoundrels—and you get the indecent spectacle of a cringing, bargaining, traitorous good and a self-righteously uncompromising evil.
When men reduce their virtues to the approximate, then evil acquires the force of an absolute, when loyalty to an unyielding purpose is dropped by the virtuous, it’s picked up by scoundrels—and you get the indecent spectacle of a cringing, bargaining, traitorous good and a self-righteously uncompromising evil.
They're all so mystified by this new Japan that they had such a major hand in creating, and so self-righteously pissed off when nothing much happens in response to their requests.