What is another word for spuriously?
Pronunciation: [spjˈʊɹɪəsli] (IPA) 
Spuriously is an adjective that means to be false or fake. To express this notion through synonyms, one may use words such as deceitful, fraudulent, insincere, misleading, phony, sham, specious, or spurious. These words can be interchangeably used based on the context of the sentence. Deceitful implies an intent to mislead by falsehoods or trickery while fraudulent refers to something that is obtained by deceitful means. Insincere means not expressing true feelings or intentions. Misleading is something that causes someone to believe something that is not true. Phony refers to something that is fake or counterfeit. Whereas Specious means something that appears true but is actually false, and Spurious means to be of false or fake origin.
