Adjective : specious arguments. From Dictionary.com.
He calls speciously by the mildest of names the birth of the soul that has come from elsewhere a living in a strange country. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
'Our animals, 'Holger said, not altogether speciously. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
The above article continues this method more speciously. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
What Kyoto speciously promised, the downturn, in part, will deliver. From Wordnik.com. [Welcome to the Green World...] Reference
In his first paragraph, he speciously outlines two distinct camps of educ. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Brown: David Brooks Made Me Wring My Hands: Obama and His Education Secretary Pick] Reference
Then he gutlessly, speciously and dishonestly backed away and said, pooh, pooh. From Wordnik.com. [Moderate Republican Fitzpatrick's Swiftboat Attack, Proves He's an Enabler of Rightwing Extremists] Reference
He came in showing a torpid face lighted now by a speciously amiable expression. From Wordnik.com. [A Daughter of Eve] Reference
In his first paragraph, he speciously outlines two distinct camps of education interests. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Brown: David Brooks Made Me Wring My Hands: Obama and His Education Secretary Pick] Reference
Better yet, how did they evolve -- and why do they keep evolving, speciously, stupidly, tragically?. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Kwiatkowski: O'Reilly, Betrayus, and the Truth] Reference
And would not this paragraph apply equally well and equally speciously to Darwinism and Sociobiology?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Against Nationalism] Reference
How was it possible she should behave so speciously as she did all the time the lady staid with us! —. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
So for 2008, the Ford brand will instead make do with more of the same, like its speciously "new" Focus. From Wordnik.com. [Ford Focus: Getting] Reference
The Press dilated speciously on the economy practised under the system and on its general advantageousness. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
In this way, the statute speciously tries to convert inactivity into the "activity" of making a "decision.". From Wordnik.com. [The Insurance Mandate in Peril] Reference
The substantive thesis may seem speciously attractive if we tacitly confuse it with the trivially true thesis. From Wordnik.com. [Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy] Reference
This was an entirely illegal military coup that was speciously legitimatized at what appears to have been gunpoint. From Wordnik.com. [Jules Siegel: Honduras Supreme Court: It Was "Common Knowledge" That Zelaya Was No Longer President UPDATE] Reference
Not doing one more hand-wavingly justified, speciously normalized, pseudo-temperature publicizing, tree ring study. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist, Juckes and Rob Wilson « Climate Audit] Reference
Therefore this government under the speciously constructed argument of 'terrorist threat' is going after the Blogsphere. From Wordnik.com. [ACTION AGENDA - Oppose Cyber Storm] Reference
The pro-choicers you speciously cast as “extreme” do not favor forced contraception/sterilization or forced abortion. From Wordnik.com. [A few good links about abortion] Reference
You know who would forward an email speciously circulating that someone was the antichrist, even after it had been debunked…?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Racism/Muslim/Unpatriotic/Scary Black Dude Watch, #86] Reference
The man (with whom it lies to take the lead) may possibly have a host of interests, and be able to talk sensibly or speciously on. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
"Polio is not a virus," Limbaugh speciously declared to bolster his flawed argument that scientists have no vaccines for viruses. From Wordnik.com. ["Polio is not a Virus" Rush Limbaugh Said on Radio Today] Reference
His aim was really to make the ecclesiastical courts independent of the law by speciously magnifying the royal authority over them. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
… The realities that marketers offer us, just like the ones we offer back in return, are speciously detached from reality on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Reality as Subversion | Disinformation] Reference
Brown and Clegg at least aver that the Treaty is in the UK's interest and can thus, however speciously, justify their disgraceful conduct. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-14] Reference
Sir Thomas Browne ( 'Vulgar Errors'), a man of much learning and still more superstitious fancy, speciously explains the phenomenon of the cloven foot. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
As he took yet another deep breath of that speciously sweet cinnamon smell, it seemed to him that he had never wanted anything so badly in his whole life. From Wordnik.com. [The Waste Lands]
Relying on the Commerce Clause, however speciously, is the best chance Congress has of ensuring that the individual mandate survives constitutional review. From Wordnik.com. [Constitutional Basis for ObamaCare Is in Some Doubt] Reference
Politicians wrangle, misdirect, talk speciously, promote illusion, and work more for the party than the electorate, AND cry foul when a frustrated electorate lashes back. From Wordnik.com. [LIVE Blog: House Dems report increased threats] Reference
Just as much as the other branches of government, the Court has at times upheld segregation, abdicated basic moral precepts, and speciously brokered the transfer of powers. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Green: The Royal Court: Elena Kagan in Perspective] Reference
Delilah who had speciously shorn it of its strength and beauty; the. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 02] Reference
It was speciously urged against this that the root of all the financial difficulties was. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02] Reference
These acts of prerogative were most speciously excused by the vices of a popular election. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5] Reference
A tray containing dirty plates and glasses and a wine-bottle was speciously picturesque on the writing-table. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
I heard him speciously informing a group of shadows that they would be too far from the music to hear it well. From Wordnik.com. [The Car of Destiny] Reference
It is so insidious and speciously good, that it has found its way, like an angel of light, to the best hearts and holiest places. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts on Missions] Reference
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