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Definition
seemingly good, but without merit
or:
insincere, but seemingly good
or:
insincere, but seemingly good
- He then, by a specious argument, prevented her from going, and so had the chance for which he had waited.Chapter 15 — A Retrospection (35% in)
specious = insincere, but seemingly good
There are no more uses of "specious" in The Hound of the Baskervilles.
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