Definitions
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
Word origin
Borrowing from Late Latin superficiālis (“of or belonging to the surface”), from superficiēs (“top, surface”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
Used in a sentence
“superficial muscles”
“The epidermis is superficial to the subcutis.”
“Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Skin-deep”11 letters
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