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Meaning of 'specious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Specious [ a.]
- Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
- Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.

Meaning of 'specious' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . specious [ s]
Meaning (1):
- based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
Example in sentence:
  • a meretricious argument;
  • meretricious praise;
  • the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility
Meaning (2):
- plausible but false
Example in sentence:
  • a specious claim;
  • spurious inferences

Nearby Words:

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