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SPECIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does speciously mean?
• SPECIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb SPECIOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a specious manner
Familiarity information: SPECIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a specious manner
Pertainym:
specious (plausible but false)
Context examples
No, sir, but the facts might be met speciously enough.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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