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The Collaborative International Dictionary
phonier

phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled phony.]

  1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney hundred-dollar bill.

    Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake.

  2. pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.

phonier

phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled phoney.]

  1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony hundred-dollar bill.

    Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake.

  2. pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.

Wiktionary
phonier

a. (en-comparativephony)

WordNet
phony

  1. adj. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phoney, bastard]

  2. n. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, phoney, pretender]

  3. [also: phoniest, phonier]

phonier

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Usage examples of "phonier".

And they know the more assiduously they practice it, the phonier and phonier the whole thing gets.

Only it's one step phonier, because the value they seek is not even in the actual fact, but in the impression on and the envy of other women.

I realized it was just one more religion, and phonier than the rest, and that was that.