“But not phonily so: finding the funny has been as much psychological defence mechanism as professional obligation.”

“But actually, no, he didn't end it that way — he apologized again, phonily, to Sarah Palin, for a joke he told earlier this year, and thereby caused some people to wonder if this guy understood what apologizing was all about.”

“Diana will teach Sandy something, and he will teach her something in turn, and then everything will fit tidily, phonily together, or something like that.”