phonily

English

Etymology

From phony +‎ -ly.

Adverb

phonily (comparative more phonily, superlative most phonily)

1. In a phony way, or to a phony extent
   • 1988 December 23, Gary Houston, “The Beginning of the End”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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.

Related terms

• phoniness