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speciously
adverb as in apparently
adverb as in ostensively
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The Press dilated speciously on the economy practised under the system and on its general advantageousness.
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These acts of prerogative were most speciously excused by the vices of a popular election.
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It is possible enough, therefore, that the Indian historiographer may have been right, and not merely speciously ingenious.
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This wrong, we are speciously told by those who seek to defend it, is not our original sin.
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Old Pompey had conducted his transactions largely from his buggy, lending them a speciously casual aspect.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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