Speciously

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a specious manner; with an appearance of fairness or of reality; with show of right: as, to reason speciously.
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  • adverb. In a specious manner; fallaciously, erroneously.
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  • adverb. in a specious manner
  • Word Usage
    "He calls speciously by the mildest of names the birth of the soul that has come from elsewhere a living in a strange country."