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Definition of: superficial

(s oomacr ′pər·fish′əl) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, lying near, or forming the surface; affecting only the surface.
2. Of or pertaining to only the ordinary and the obvious; not profound; shallow: a superficial writer.
3. Marked by partial knowledge; cursory; hasty; slight: superficial treatment of a subject.
4. Not real or genuine.
5. Square: said of measure. [<LL superficialis <L superficies SUPERFICIES]
—su′per·fi′ci·al′i·ty (-fish′ē·al′ə·tē), su′per·fi′cial·ness noun
—su′per·fi′cial·ly adverb

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