-āə̇kəl, -ēk- adjective
Usage: sometimes capitalized
Etymology: Late Latin pharisaic us + English -al
: resembling the Pharisees especially in strictness of doctrine and in rigid observance of forms and ceremonies : making an outward show of piety and morality but lacking the inward spirit : censorious of others' morals or practices : formal , sanctimonious , self-righteous , hypocritical
censure of any sort is apt to sound pharisaical , I suppose — P.A.Hope-Wallace
in this process of reeducation we should be pharisaical if we did not include ourselves — Llewellyn Woodward
• phar·i·sa·i·cal·ly -ə̇k(ə)lē, -ēk-, -li adverb
• phar·i·sa·i·cal·ness -ə̇kəlnə̇s, -ēk- noun -es