Saintly
Saintly adjective - Showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue.
Sanctimonious and saintly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sanctimonious" instead an adjective "Saintly".
Sanctimonious
Sanctimonious adjective - Excessively or hypocritically pious.
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Synonyms for Sanctimonious
Saintly and sanctimonious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Saintly" instead an adjective "Sanctimonious".
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Related pairs
- devoted and saintly
- devoted and sanctimonious
- divine and saintly
- divine and sanctimonious
- reverent and saintly
- reverent and sanctimonious
- righteous and saintly
- righteous and sanctimonious
- holy and saintly
- holy and sanctimonious
- godly and saintly
- godly and sanctimonious
- devout and saintly
- devout and sanctimonious
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