piously

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In particular, he declared piously, Libra was designed to help émigrés in the rich world to send money to their relatives in the poor world without being ripped off by unscrupulous capitalists.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2019

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 had always been piously against “profiting off the failures of others,” as he put it.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2018

And yet with no one to challenge him, the king can slip on a new mask and become Wolsey’s chief defender, piously lamenting the way Anne “practiced against” the poor fellow.

From New York Times • May 10, 2015

“Weel moi moither raised me propper,” the swineherd said piously, laying a hand flat on his chest.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss