Translations for „self-righteously“ in the English » German Dictionary

self-ˈright·eous·ly ADV

self-righteously

selbstgerecht

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English

To that end, steady, small steps will be more effective than grand gestures, no matter how self-righteously satisfying.

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Oh how the effete political class self-righteously chortled.

www.smh.com.au

It's not a good look to repeatedly and self-righteously defend your own self-interest.

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By so self-righteously pointing out the problem, they've unwittingly become its salvation.

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Patience, forgiveness and comforting gestures, however, do not tend to characterize those who look down on others self-righteously or who approach them in a finger-wagging way.

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Then he went on self-righteously to recount the progress his government had made.

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You can't expect to tell people to push boundaries and not cross them, and when they do it's hypocritical to self-righteously point the finger.

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Even in the past few years, garbage-mouth media types on the political right have scolded her self-righteously.

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The police are not alone in this, nor in self-righteously broadcasting suspects' names to the world.

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No-personality has self-righteously so decreed it.

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