Definition of superficial

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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..

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Skim :: Skim (v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper..
Airy :: Airy (a.) Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial.
Fleet :: Fleet (v. i.) Light; superficially thin; not penetrating deep, as soil..
Skin :: Skin (v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially..
Dabble :: Dabble (v. i.) To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.
Superficiary :: Superficiary (a.) Of or pertaining to the superficies, or surface; superficial..
Outside :: Outside (a.) Of or pertaining to the outside; external; exterior; superficial.
Specious :: Specious (a.) Apparently right; superficially fair, just, or correct, but not so in reality; appearing well at first view; plausible; as, specious reasoning; a specious argument..
Tinsel :: Tinsel (n.) Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable..
Large :: Large (superl.) Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; great; capacious; extensive; -- opposed to small; as, a large horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city..
Half-read :: Half-read (a.) Informed by insufficient reading; superficial; shallow.
Counttenance :: Counttenance (n.) Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
Content :: Content (n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents..
Superficiary :: Superficialize (v. t.) To attend to, or to treat, superficially, or in a shallow or slighting way..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Psoriasis :: Psoriasis (n.) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin..
Sciolist :: Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
Costeaning :: Costeaning (n.) The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits..
Smatter :: Smatter (v. t.) To talk superficially about.
Outside :: Outside (n.) The external part of a thing; the part, end, or side which forms the surface; that which appears, or is manifest; that which is superficial; the exterior..
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