Definition of superficial Superficial
/suˌpɚfɪˈʃʌl/ - [superfishul] - su•per•fi•cial
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| superficial - concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; not deep or penetrating emotionally or intellectually; "superficial similarities"; "a superficial mind"; "his thinking was superficial and fuzzy"; "superficial knowledge"; "the superficial report didn't give the true picture"; "only superficial differences" | ||
| profound situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray; "unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded caverns" | ||
| careless effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace" | ||
| frivolous not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman" | ||
| outward relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind; "a concern with outward beauty rather than with inward reflections" | ||
| seeming, apparent, ostensible clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" | ||
| dilettante, dilettanteish, dilettantish, sciolistic showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish; "his dilettantish efforts at painting" | ||
| facile performing adroitly and without effort; "a facile hand" | ||
| glib artfully persuasive in speech; "a glib tongue"; "a smooth-tongued hypocrite" | ||
| looking, sounding appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms; "left their clothes dirty looking"; "a most disagreeable looking character"; "angry-looking"; "liquid-looking"; "severe-looking policemen on noble horses"; "fine-sounding phrases"; "taken in by high-sounding talk" | ||
| shallow lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center; "shallow water"; "a shallow dish"; "a shallow cut"; "a shallow closet"; "established a shallow beachhead"; "hit the ball to shallow left field" | ||
| superficial - of little substance or significance; "a few superficial editorial changes"; "only trivial objections" | ||
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| unimportant, insignificant not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" | ||
| superficial - of, affecting, or being on or near the surface; "superficial measurements"; "the superficial area of the wall"; "a superficial wound" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- superficial (a.)
Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; lying on the surface; shallow; not deep; as, a superficial color; a superficial covering; superficial measure or contents; superficial tillage. - superficial (a.)
Reaching or comprehending only what is obvious or apparent; not deep or profound; shallow; -- said especially in respect to study, learning, and the like; as, a superficial scholar; superficial knowledge.
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Close to the surface.
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