rectitudinous:

piously self-righteous

rectitudinous:

piously self-righteous

(Adjective)

Example Sentences:

Ramayana:  When Kaikeyi made the rectitudinous argument that she was simply asking for the two benedictions that Dasharatha had promised her, she neglected how devastating her requests were for the king and the kingdom at large.

Mahabharata:  It was the Kauravas who had been cunning and deceptive throughout the Mahabharata; their rectitudinous demand before the final war that the Pandavas abide by the codes of war, struck Yudhisthira as strange and suspicious.

Bhagavad-gita:  Whereas rectitude characterizes the devoted, the demoniac are often rectitudinous, making a show of being pious without actually cultivating piety.

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