Supposititiously

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Supposititious \Sup*pos`i*ti"tious\, a. [L. suppositicus. See
     {Supposition}.]
     1. Fraudulently substituted for something else; not being
        what is purports to be; not genuine; spurious;
        counterfeit; as, a supposititious child; a supposititious
        writing. --Bacon.


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     2. Suppositional; hypothetical. [R.] --Woodward.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ly}, adv. --
        {Sup*pos`i*ti"tious*ness}, n.
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