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su·per·fi·cial·ly

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  1. superficiallyadverb

    in a superficial manner

    "he was superficially interested"

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  1. List of paraphrases for "superficially":

    tangentially, lightly

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  1. Bernhard Schwartländer:

    Sadly, it is clear that the vested interests of the tobacco industry have been able to corrupt the national law discussions with a series of superficially compelling yet completely false arguments.

  2. Bishop Sergio Pagano.Pope:

    In the sad, no terrible, scenario before the war, during its tragic unfolding as well as afterward, the great figure of Pius XII stands out, he was superficially criticized and judged for some aspects of his pontificate and now, thanks to the opening faithfully desired by Pope Francis, I think historians who know how to investigate, without prejudice, but with the help of new documents, can find its richness and realistic importance.

  3. Jitarth Jadeja:

    We used to talk about it a lot. We used to only talk about it with each other. We show each other things like, did you see that ? Did you see that ? i think superficially it did seem like [ QAnon ] gave me comfort.

  4. Raymond Chandler:

    It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang is born of baseball players. That is, it is a language which is being molded by writers to do delicate things and yet be within the grasp of superficially educated people. It is not a natural growth, much as its proletarian writers would like to think so. But compared with it at its best, English has reached the Alexandrian stage of formalism and decay.

  5. President Clinton:

    Well, of course, it's superficially hypocritical call, isn't it ? I mean,( Senate Majority Leader) Mitch McConnell wouldn't give President( Barack) Merrick Garland, Merrick Garland, a hearing 10 months before the presidential election. And that meant we went a long time with eight judges on the court.


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