All 3 Uses of
spurious
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- With spurious enthusiasm he said, "Splendid!†
Chpt 13
- With spurious cheerfulness she announced everywhere, "I guess I'm a born spinster," and "No one will ever marry a plain schoolma'am like me," and "You men, great big noisy bothersome creatures, we women wouldn't have you round the place, dirtying up nice clean rooms, if it wasn't that you have to be petted and guided.†
Chpt 21
- That institution is reserved for men like Kennicott who, after devoting fifty years to "putting aside a stake," incontinently invest the stake in spurious oil-stocks.†
Chpt 37 *
Definition:
false, or not genuine -- often seeming plausible, or intentionally deceptive