spuriously


spu·ri·ous

S0677500 (spyo͝or′ē-əs)adj.1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine: spurious poems attributed to Shakespeare.2. Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious: spurious reasoning; a spurious justification.3. Archaic Born to unwed parents.
[From Late Latin spurius, from Latin, illegitimate, probably of Etruscan origin.]
spu′ri·ous·ly adv.spu′ri·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.spuriously - in a false and spurious manner; "the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary"
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