superficial
/ˌsupɚˈfɪʃəl/ adjective C1- Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
- Close to the surface of the body; especially, situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it. · superficial muscles· The epidermis is superficial to the subcutis.
- Appearing to be true or real only until examined more closely.
- Not thorough, deep, or complete; concerned only with the obvious or apparent.
- Lacking depth of character or understanding; lacking substance or significance.
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But beneath this superficial calm there were in the heart of the young man, and perhaps in that of the old man, many repressed desires, many stifled sighs, which found vent when Faria was left alone, and when Edmond returned to his cell.
Perhaps I have rather invited this persecution, since I have often had occasion to point out to him how superficial are his own accounts and to accuse him of pandering to popular taste instead of confining himself rigidly to facts and figures.
"It is quite superficial." His face set like flint as he glared at our prisoner, who was sitting up with a dazed face.
“But very superficial,” said Holmes.
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