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spuriously — spurious ► ADJECTIVE 1) false or fake. 2) (of a line of reasoning) apparently but not actually valid. DERIVATIVES spuriously adverb spuriousness noun. ORIGIN Latin spurius false … English terms dictionary
spuriously — adverb in a false and spurious manner the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary • Derived from adjective: ↑spurious … Useful english dictionary
Spuriously — Spurious Spu ri*ous (sp[=u] r[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L. spurius.] 1. Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; counterfeit; false; adulterate. [1913 Webster] 2. Not legitimate; bastard; as, spurious issue. Her… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spuriously — adverb see spurious … New Collegiate Dictionary
spuriously — See spurious. * * * … Universalium
spuriously — adv. falsely, artificially … English contemporary dictionary
spuriously — spu·ri·ous·ly … English syllables
spurious — spuriously, adv. spuriousness, n. /spyoor ee euhs/, adj. 1. not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit. 2. Biol. (of two or more parts, plants, etc.) having a similar appearance but a different … Universalium
spurious — [[t]spjʊ͟əriəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) Something that is spurious seems to be genuine, but is false. He was arrested in 1979 on spurious corruption charges... Quite a lot of allegations of misjustice are spurious. Syn: bogus,… … English dictionary
List of languages by number of native speakers — For various estimates of the total speakers of the top dozen languages, see List of languages by total number of speakers. Current distribution of human language families For larger map, scroll towards end of article. The following tables list… … Wikipedia
