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" (106 found)
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Strong matches (31)
Related words (53)
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2 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπιπολαίως adv (in a superficial manner)
Catalan
1 entries- superficialment adv (in a superficial manner)
Dutch
1 entries- oppervlakkig adv (in a superficial manner)
Estonian
1 entries- pealiskaudselt adv (in a superficial manner)
Finnish
1 entries- pinnallisesti adv (in a superficial manner)
French
1 entries- superficiellement adv (in a superficial manner)
Galician
1 entries- superficialmente adv (in a superficial manner)
German
1 entries- oberflächlich adv (in a superficial manner)
Greek
1 entries- ακροθιγώς adv (in a superficial manner)
Italian
1 entries- superficialmente adv (in a superficial manner)
Kazakh
1 entries- үстіртін adv (in a superficial manner)
Malagasy
1 entries- harak-ambony adv (in a superficial manner)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- serpilkî adv (in a superficial manner)
Polish
1 entries- powierzchownie adv (in a superficial manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- superficialmente adv (in a superficial manner)
Russian
1 entries- поверхностно adv (in a superficial manner)
Spanish
1 entries- superficialmente adv (in a superficial manner)
Swedish
1 entries- ytligt adv (in a superficial manner)
Telugu
1 entries- పైపైగా adv (in a superficial manner)
Sample 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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