superficially

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superficially

adverb more superficially · most superficially

In a superficial manner; shallowly. In my worked-up state, I believed that a thermometer would dignify the sorry house I inherited, would endow it, however superficially, with a civilized bearing.
Similar: shallowly, weakly, apparently, seemingly, on the face of it

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adv in a superficial manner

Español	superficialmente
Português	superficialmente
Français	superficiellement
Deutsch	oberflächlich
Italiano	superficialmente
Ελληνικά	ακροθιγώς akrothigós
Русский	поверхностно poverxnostno

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@misc{superficially_2026,
  title = {superficially},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/superficially},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}