Adj. substituted &c; ersatz; phony; vicarious, subdititious^. Adv.

Adj. untrue, false, phony, trumped up; void of foundation, without- foundation; fictive, far from the truth, false as dicer's oaths; unfounded, ben trovato

Pretext N. pretext, pretense, pretension, plea^; allegation, advocation; ostensible motive, ostensible ground, ostensible reason, phony reason; excuse &c (vindication) 937; subterfuge; color; gloss, guise, cover. loop hole, starting hole; how to creep out of, salvo, come off; way of escape. handle, peg to hang on, room locus standi [Lat.]; stalking-horse, cheval de bataille

[Tip O'Neill]; money is the root of all evil; money isn't everything; as phony as a three-dollar bill; don't take any wooden nickels.

Others would notice if they tried to ignore each other; they were forced to be friendly in a phony way, as though they didn't feel the force drawing them together.

Catch Jevne wearing anything that's phony.

That phony faint of mine done it.

It won't hurt Danfield to be taught a lesson not to run such a phony game.

"The whole thing looks a bit phony to me!"

"Overlook all the Phoney Acting by the Little Lady, Bud," said the Fireman to the Advance Agent.

One of them had around his arm a plaster of Paris casting, that during his begging trips would be filled with cotton upon which a few drops of carbolic acid or some other "medicinally" smelling liquid had been poured, to give the "phoney" broken-arm trick a cloak of respectability.