fallacious
adjective
containing a fallacy; logically unsound.
fallaciously
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a word derived from
fallacious.
Example Sentences
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After tallying their assessments, Schellenberg concluded that the majority of the articles fallaciously claimed that music training had a causal effect.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2019
That ruse is a regularly discredited study run by a discredited doctor who fallaciously tied autism to childhood vaccinations.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 6, 2019
The primary markets for rhino horn are China and Vietnam, where it is often ground into powder for use, fallaciously, as a cancer or headache cure.
From National Geographic ● May 23, 2016
Britons fallaciously believe that their own planemakers will soon produce suitable landplanes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sophis′tic, -al, pertaining to a sophist or to sophistry: fallaciously subtle.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
