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spu·ri·ous (spy

adj.

1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false.

2. Of illegitimate birth.

3. Botany Similar in appearance but unlike in structure or function. Used of plant parts.

[From Late Latin spurius, from Latin, illegitimate, probably of Etruscan origin.]

spuri·ous·ly adv.

spuri·ous·ness n.

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Adv.

spuriously - in a false and spurious manner; "the lawyer argued spuriously that his client knew nothing of the burglary"

Translations

spuriously [ˈspjʊərɪəslɪ] ADV → falsamente

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