Exasperated, as he might speciously allege, by the injuries of a similar nature, he hastened with a few followers to join the standard, and to betray the confidence, of his too credulous friend.
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Speciously
//ˈspiːʃəsli//
Synonyms for "speciously" (1 found)
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5 translations across 3 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- εὐπρεπῶς adv (in a specious manner)
German
1 entries- vordergründig adv (in a specious manner)
Polish
3 entries- bałamutnie adv (in a specious manner)
- pokrętnie adv (in a specious manner)
- zwodniczo adv (in a specious manner)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
And thus his jealous soul speciously argued to excuse the separation of father and child.
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Once viewed—however speciously—as an escape from the wider world, American sports and politics have been explicitly entwined since athletes began protesting civil rights injustices, prodding their organisations to take a stance amid the polarising rise to power of Donald Trump.
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I will do what I can for them all three, for so I haue promisd, and Ile bee as good as my word, but speciously for M. Fenton.
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