supposititious

Example Sentences

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Punch hurried valiantly into the breach with a supposititious Tourist Council brochure, which assures impoverished Americans that they are still welcome in Britain, where "our hospitality can be tailored to your diminished purse."

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Pancake's supposititious cable was written in the code of the Commercial Cable Co.

From Time Magazine Archive

This penalty of being jiggered was a favourite supposititious case of his.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

It was in the early years of the fourteenth century that the two pseudo-sciences of alchemy and astrology, the supposititious sisters of chemistry and astronomy, made their way into England.

From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)

Where our actual Secretary's mind falls short of our supposititious Secretary's mind is in the valuable quality of common sense.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)