phonily

adv

phonily

adv

Etymology From phony + -ly.

1

In a phony way, or to a phony extent

  • Or in the 70s without its being a case in point that our need for nostalgia had, after the coming and going of scads of phonily rustic eateries, really reached absurd proportions.1988 December 23, Gary Houston, “The Beginning of the End”, in Chicago Reader:
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phoniness

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