so|phis´ti|cal|ly

so|phis´ti|cal|ly
so|phis|ti|cal «suh FIHS tuh kuhl», adjective.
1. clever but misleading; based on false or unsound reasoning: »

a sophistical proof. It is a reasoning weak, rotten and sophistical (Edmund Burke).

2. using clever but misleading arguments; reasoning falsely or unsoundly: »

a sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity (Benjamin Disraeli).

3. of or having to do with sophists or sophistry.
so|phis´ti|cal|ly, adverb.
so|phis´ti|cal|ness, noun.

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  • so|phis|ti|cal — «suh FIHS tuh kuhl», adjective. 1. clever but misleading; based on false or unsound reasoning: »a sophistical proof. It is a reasoning weak, rotten and sophistical (Edmund Burke). 2. using clever but misleading arguments; reasoning falsely or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • so|phis´ti|cal|ness — so|phis|ti|cal «suh FIHS tuh kuhl», adjective. 1. clever but misleading; based on false or unsound reasoning: »a sophistical proof. It is a reasoning weak, rotten and sophistical (Edmund Burke). 2. using clever but misleading arguments; reasoning …   Useful english dictionary

  • phis — acan·tho·phis; am·phis·bae·na; am·phis·ci·ans; am·phis·i·le; am·phis·to·mous; an·drog·ra·phis; cal·lo·phis; car·pho·phis; del·phis; di·del·phis; hy·dro·phis; lep·to·phis; li·phis·ti·o·mor·phae; mas·tic·o·phis; mem·phis; o·phis; pa·lae·o·phis;… …   English syllables

  • cal — abi·o·log·i·cal; adre·no·cor·ti·cal; aero·bi·o·log·i·cal; aero·chem·i·cal; aero·log·i·cal; aero·med·i·cal; aero·nau·ti·cal; aero·phys·i·cal; aero·tech·ni·cal; aes·thet·i·cal·ly; afo·cal; ag·a·tho·kak·o·log·i·cal; ag·nat·i·cal·ly;… …   English syllables

  • sophistical — so·phis·ti·cal …   English syllables

  • sophistically — so·phis·ti·cal·ly …   English syllables

  • o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… …   English syllables

  • ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …   English syllables

  • sophistic — so•phis•tic [[t]səˈfɪs tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) pho of, pertaining to, or characteristic of sophistry, sophists, or the ancient Greek Sophists 2) pho of the nature of sophistry; fallacious • Etymology: 1540–50 so•phis′ti•cal•ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • los — ae·gi·tha·los; ag·chy·los·to·ma; an·cy·los·to·ma; an·cy·los·to·mum; an·ky·los·to·ma; an·ti·grop·e·los; apos·to·los; ar·chi·di·das·ca·los; arc·to·staph·y·los; ar·y·bal·los; au·los; au·los·to·mi; au·los·to·mus; bib·u·los·i·ty; cal·los·i·ty;… …   English syllables

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