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The phrase "a bit specious" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an argument or reasoning that seems plausible but is actually misleading or deceptive.
Example: "While his explanation sounded reasonable at first, it turned out to be a bit specious upon closer examination."
Alternatives: "somewhat misleading" or "slightly deceptive."
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Mr. Bell's credentials for offering campaign advice are a bit specious.
I am agnostic about these claims to moral seriousness, and that violence/materialism link has always looked a bit specious and glib.
The respondent also said her "Biblical blunt force trauma was over the top," and ended by railing that for her to say she was suffering like Job was a bit specious.
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A bit shocked by Noriega's specious alibi, I asked if some of his underlings might have tried to do him an "unbidden favor" by getting rid of Spadafora.
A bit.
While the Tuna Bowl has lost some of its bile with the specious declaration of a truce in the border war between the Patriots and the Jets, the family feud that has its latest chapter tonight at Giants Stadium is compelling in large part because Belichick still generates such enormous veneration -- and a bit of foreboding -- in the Jets' locker room.
"A bits a bit.
Perhaps a bit biased.
Peripheries a bit cool?
A bit of everything.
GP6 A bit crap.
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