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▪ I. speciously, adv.1|ˈspiːʃəslɪ|
[f. prec.]
†1. So as to present a fair or respectable appearance. Obs.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. §39 Lashly had placed them by the advantage of that hill so speciously that they had the appearance of a good body of men. a1677Barrow Serm. iv. Wks. 1687 I. 46 To these considerations may be added, that we are commanded to walk εὐσχηµόνως (decently, or speciously, which implies a regard to mens opinion). 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 396 To grow Rich, be saluted with Honour, appear magnificently, be accounted Noble and speciously Great,..they will venture on any Evil Enterprize.
2. In a specious manner; attractively or plausibly, but deceptively or fallaciously.
1647Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 405 There can be little said for the defence of the one, which may not be as speciously offered..for the defence of the other. 1699Burnet 39 Art. xxii. 234 Contrary..to the Worshipping of Images of all sorts, how speciously soever they may be disguised. 1734tr. Rollin's Anc. Hist. (1827) II. ii. 63 Other motives were speciously intended. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xix. II. 143 Exasperated, as he might speciously allege, by injuries of a similar nature [etc.]. 1800Colquhoun Comm. Thames viii. 261 It has been argued speciously, that Docks will supersede the necessity of a Police. 1872J. L. Sanford Estim. Eng. Kings, Jas. I, 323 The poverty of his exchequer, to which his policy of abstinence from war has been sometimes speciously attributed.
▪ II. ˈspeciously, adv.2
[Alteration of specially adv.]
Specially, notably, principally.
The form also occurs in mod. dial. (Eng. Dial. Dict.).
1598Shakes. Merry W. iii. iv. 113 [Mrs.] Quickly. I will do what I can for them all three,..and Ile bee as good as my word, but speciously for M. Fenton. Ibid. iv. v. 114 Qui. Haue not they suffer'd? Yes, I warrant; speciously one of them. |