Skin-deep

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Shallow, superficial. figuratively, not-comparable

    "Dead enough; to live thenceforth a galvanic life of mere Stump-Oratory; screeching and gibbering, words without wisdom, without veracity, without conviction more than skin-deep."

Adjective
  1. 1
    penetrating no deeper than the skin: wordnet

Synonyms

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ankle deepcursorycutaneousdepthlessdermalepidermal

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"The saying that beauty is but skin deep is but a skin-deep saying."

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