supposititious
adjective
fraudulently substituted or pretended; spurious; not genuine.
supposititiously
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a word derived from
supposititious.
Example Sentences
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To this maravedi de oro was subsequently given the name of Alfonsi, supposititiously from Alfonso VI., the first to issue them.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
There was no light in the building, but he knew that sentries were supposititiously keeping watch beside the guns.
From The Coast of Adventure by Harold Bindloss
It was in no way contingent on Adam's thought, but supposititiously self-created.
From Retrospection and Introspection by Mary Baker Eddy
He put himself supposititiously in Tazzuchi's place, and made piratical theories by the score.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Stanley L. Wood
And that no one be allowed to transgress the aforesaid canons, or to receive other canons besides them, supposititiously set forth by some who have attempted to make a traffic of the truth.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
