speciously Antonyms
Strongest:
- candid
- forthright
- illuminating
- aboveboard
- nondeceptive
- direct
- outspoken
- straightforward
- nondeceptive
- forthright
- straightforward
- aboveboard
- direct
- plain
- plain
- outspoken
- explanatory
- frank
- illuminating
- explanatory
- open
- straight
- open
- frank
- candid
- straight
Strong:
- elucidative
- honest
- truthful
- free-spoken
- free-spoken
- revelatory
- revelatory
- revealing
- clarifying
- openhearted
- openhearted
- honest
- plainspoken
- plainspoken
- clarifying
- trustworthy
- truthful
- elucidative
- revealing
- trustworthy
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- deceiving
- fraudulent
- delusive
- incorrect
- subtle
- beguiling
- ambiguous
- fallacious
- deceitful
- delusory
- inaccurate
Weak:
- jive
- feigned
- knavish
- distracting
- fast
- artificial
- underhanded
- confounding
- faithless
- tricky
- hypocritical
- duplicitous
- fake
- wrong
- equivocal
- underhand
- shady
- artful
- untrustworthy
- bewildering
- treacherous
- phoney
- puzzling
- evasive
- sly
- perplexing
- mendacious
- spurious
- insincere
- lying
- crafty
- guileful
- sneaky
- bogus
- insidious
- untruthful
- foxy
- trickish
- forged
- shifty
- devious
- deluding
- wily
- cunning
- circuitous
- crooked
- dissembling
- perfidious
- subtile
- dishonest
- ambidextrous
- phony
- trick
- slick
- counterfeit
- backhanded
- sham
Meaning of speciously
speciously (r)
in a specious manner
speciously Sentence Examples
- The politician's specious reasoning failed to convince the skeptical audience.
- The company's advertising campaign employed specious claims to entice customers.
- The scientist's specious theory lacked empirical evidence and was roundly criticized.
- The salesperson's specious promises lured the buyer into a poor investment.
- The lawyer's specious defense was rejected by the jury, leading to a guilty verdict.
- The politician's specious apologies failed to quell the growing public outrage.
- The specious logic of the conspiracy theory led its followers astray.
- The article's specious arguments were easily refuted with a modicum of research.
- The specious flattery of the suitor failed to impress the object of his affection.
- The specious ease with which the drug promised results proved to be deceptive.
FAQs About the word speciously
in a specious manner
deceptive, false,misleading, deceiving, fraudulent, delusive, incorrect, subtle, beguiling, ambiguous
candid, forthright, illuminating, aboveboard, nondeceptive, direct, outspoken, straightforward, nondeceptive, forthright
The politician's specious reasoning failed to convince the skeptical audience.
The company's advertising campaign employed specious claims to entice customers.
The scientist's specious theory lacked empirical evidence and was roundly criticized.
The salesperson's specious promises lured the buyer into a poor investment.
