superficially

adverb

Definition of superficiallynext
1
as in minimally

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2
as in imperfectly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superficially
  1. barely
  2. scarcely
  3. just
  4. partially
  5. hardly
Adverb
  • Ophelia barely registers; Gertrude gets less than two lines.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Yet in less than two years, that island has been whittled down by the sea to barely a dot — not much remains in the third photograph, dating to the end of 2024.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of barely
Adverb
  • Coffers scarcely contained enough money to pay staff.
    Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The book will therefore appear January 14 (following a leak that rocked the publishing world), scarcely a month after Francis’s 88th birthday, under the appropriate if slightly unimaginative title Hope.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of scarcely
Adverb
  • However, when both tested positive for COVID just two days before the trip, his wife encouraged him to go alone since the tickets were non-refundable.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • In contrast, when Fox sought to sell many of its studio assets to Disney — a horizontal transaction that eliminated competition from the landscape — the transaction sailed through in just six months.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of just
Adverb
  • In photos obtained by Metro from the scene, the white car could be seen partially underwater in a ditch while leaning to the side.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The 10 percent is not determinative for whether an employer has been partially suspended.
    Matthew Roberts, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of partially
Adverb
  • Thousands of customers just got this Bioderma micellar water that acts as a gentle cleanser and makeup remover, and another lot of shoppers picked up this Verb shampoo and conditioner that’s hardly ever on sale.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Major human alteration of freshwater habitats is hardly a new development.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of hardly
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