Piously

Johnson piously cloaks himself in both the Christian gospel and libertarian myth of “free markets,” yet he has consistently pushed government action to restrict competition and protect drug monopolies.

That's the point of being a human,' she said piously.

Paraphrasing Wm James, we piously raise the banner of high morality while we march down the road of pure self-interest.

They’re also parodied as missionaries who think in lockstep and refer piously to the McKinsey Way.

Those who speak most piously of European unity have been hypocritical in rejecting Macron’s maxim that underpinning “Irish peace” is essential to that objective, not an optional extra.