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Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.

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  1. a. Presenting a pleasing appearance; pleasing in form or look; showy.
  2. a. Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument.
  3. adj. plausible but false
  4. adj. based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
  5. j:100 s. plausible but false