All natural languages are equally complex--but in different ways. The grammar of Malay is simple, but choices among many superficially equivalent words are dictated by the social status of speaker and hearer.
Source: tatoeba (2060354)
Superficially
Synonyms for "superficially" (115 found)
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Closest matches (23)
amainapaceapparentlyaridlyas it seemsat first sightat oncebarrenlybloodlesslyby forced marchescolorlesslycursorilydismallydraggilydrearilydrearisomelydrylydullydustilyeffetely
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Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (35)
exteriorlyexternallyfacefeverishlyfrivolouslyfuriouslygenerallyhand over fisthastilyheavilyhelter skelterhelter-skelterhollowlyhotfoothurriedlyhurry scurryhurry-scurryidlyimmateriallyimmediately
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Noun(1 words)
less thorough
Related words (57)
lifelesslylightlyoffhandon the outsideon the runon the surfaceopenlyostensiblyoutoutsideoutwardoutwardlyoutwardspallidlypell mellpell-mellpettilyploddinglypointlesslyponderously
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prima faciepromptlypublicallyquicklyseeminglyshallowlyslapdashslowlyspeedilyspiritlesslystodgilystuffilysurfaceswiftlytastelesslytediouslyto all appearancesto all seemingto the eyetriflinglytriviallyunessentiallyunimportantlyuninterestinglyvapidlywith a rushwith all hastewith dispatchwith hastewithout
Adverb(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
shallow grasp
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesadverbmanner adverb
More specific
3 entrieson the surfacepreliminary resultsurface level interpretation
Collocations
5 entriessuperficial analysissuperficial evidencesuperficial reasoningsuperficial understandingsurface level analysis
Inflections
2 entriesmore superficiallymost superficially
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Don't treat such serious subjects so superficially.
Source: tatoeba (2397781)
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
Source: tatoeba (5450224)
This university is trying to superficially promote that it’s becoming more “international” by increasing the number of English-lecture courses.
Source: tatoeba (7910612)
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