0 in a way that seems to be right or true, but is really wrong or false:
This inequality was speciously justified by reasoning that women had less need for education than men.
He claims, perhaps speciously, that the two had a relationship.
Nations have a history of speciously justifying invasions.
Robespierre was speciously promising peace and a return of prosperity as a reward for handing him complete control of the reins of power.
They argued speciously that categorizing these attacks as hate crimes actually made racism worse.
Superficially and speciously, that is a most attractive remedy.
There is always a speciously good reason for tampering with freedom at first, but it is the first step that counts.
A referendum, although speciously a democratic instrument, may well not be so at all.
It has been variously described, and on occasions rather speciously described.
There are other ways of achieving what have speciously been referred to as "good social works".
