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Speciously
see synonyms of speciouslyAdverb
1. speciously
in a specious manner
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Speciously
see synonyms of speciouslyadjective
1.
apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false
2.
deceptively attractive in appearance
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Speciously
see synonyms of speciously adjective
1.
seeming to be good, sound, correct, logical, etc. without really being so; plausible but not genuine
specious logic
2. Obsolete
pleasing to the sight
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Speciously
see synonyms of speciouslyadj.
1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.
2. Deceptively appealing: "It is easy enough to give the old idea [of programmatic music] a specious air of modernity" (Aaron Copland).
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