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adj.

1. Of, affecting, or being on or near the surface: a superficial wound.
2. Concerned with or comprehending only what is apparent or obvious; shallow.
3. Apparent rather than actual or substantial: a superficial resemblance.
4. Trivial; insignificant: made only a few superficial changes in the manuscript.

[Middle English, from Old French superficiel, from Latin superficiālis, from superficiēs, surface. See superficies.]

superficiality su'per·fi'ci·al'i·ty (-fĭsh'ē-ăl'ĭ-tē) or su'per·fi'cial·ness (-fĭsh'əl-nĭs) n.
superficially su'per·fi'cial·ly adv.

adjective

1. Lacking in intellectual depth or thoroughness: cursory, one-dimensional, shallow, sketchy, skin-deep, uncritical. See surface/depth.
2. Appearing as such but not necessarily so: apparent, external, ostensible, ostensive, outward, seeming. See surface/depth.

adj

Definition: without depth, detail; false
Antonyms: analytical, authentic, careful, deep, detailed, genuine, real, thorough

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adj

Involving only the surface or to be minor in severity, not grave or dangerous.

Toward the surface of the body or body structure. See also directional terms.

Situated on or near the surface.

• s. necrolytic dermatitis — frequently associated with glucagon-secreting tumors of the pancreas and with cases of diabetes mellitus or chronic hepatitis; called also hepatocutaneous syndrome; lesions are erythematous, erosive, ulcerative and crusted with marked hyperkeratosis of the footpads.
• s. plexus skin — see subpapillary plexus of skin.
• s. pustular dermatitis — see superficial pustular dermatitis.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - overfladisk, flade-

Nederlands (Dutch)
oppervlakkig

Français (French)
adj. - superficiel

Deutsch (German)
adj. - oberflächlich, äußerlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιφανειακός, επιπόλαιος, επιδερμικός, (μτφ.) αβαθής, ρηχός, φαινομενικός

Italiano (Italian)
superficiale, frivolo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - superficial

Русский (Russian)
поверхностный, несерьезный, кажущийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - superficial, poco profundo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ytlig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
表面的, 浅薄的, 肤浅的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 表面的, 淺薄的, 膚淺的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 표면상의, 외면의, 면적의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 表面の, 表在性の, 面積の, 深みのない, 上滑りな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سطحي , طاهري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שטחי, רדוד, לא עמוק, כוזב (מראה-עיניים), של שטח (יחידת-מידה)‬

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