superficially

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English superficial

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English superficially

From superficial + -ly.

Adverb

superficially (comparative more superficially, superlative most superficially)

1. In a superficial manner; shallowly.
   • 2015 September 3, “From Problem Taxa to Problem Solver: A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This anatomy is superficially similar to that of Cetotheriidae and some tranatocetids were previously considered to be cetotheres and even identified as Cetotherium.

Synonyms

• (without substance): shallowly, weakly
• (at face value): apparently, seemingly, on the face of it; see also Thesaurus:ostensibly

Translations

in a superficial manner

• Catalan: superficialment (ca)
• Dutch: oppervlakkig (nl)
• Estonian: pealiskaudselt
• Finnish: pinnallisesti (fi)
• French: superficiellement (fr)
• Galician: superficialmente (gl)
• German: oberflächlich (de)
• Greek: ακροθιγώς (el) (akrothigós)

  Ancient Greek: ἐπιπολαίως (epipolaíōs)

• Italian: superficialmente (it)
• Kazakh: үстіртін (üstirtin)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: serpilkî (ku)

• Malagasy: harak-ambony
• Polish: powierzchownie (pl)
• Portuguese: superficialmente (pt)
• Russian: поверхностно (ru) (poverxnostno)
• Spanish: superficialmente (es)
• Swedish: ytligt (sv)
• Telugu: పైపైగా (paipaigā)