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Meanings of superficially in English

In a superficial manner.

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Examples for "shallowly"
Examples for "shallowly"
1
He glanced over at his friend, who was breathing shallowly and laboriously.
The talisman
2
It was breathing shallowly, wheezing gasps whistling through its many vicious teeth.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
3
In my arms he was breathing shallowly, his eyes closed, and smiling.
The dream of perpetual motion
4
Her eyes were unfocused and she was breathing shallowly but very fast.
On Stranger Tides
5
Garrett gasped, breathing in shallowly against the sudden recoil in his stomach.
Book of shadows
Usage of superficially in English
1
The chances superficially considered were vastly in favour of the Protestant cause.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with ...
2
They wanted the bodies to match the other bodies, at least superficially.
Hit List
3
We are not developing a theory that includes numerous superficially unconnected events.
America’s Secret Establishment
4
You gave the cities a clearly defined, superficially sound, and less-attractive alternative.
Cities in Flight
5
The explanation seemed superficially dismissive, one that he never quite believed himself.
The bricklayer
6
Yet superficially, he was as unlike man in mind as in body.
Last and First Men
7
He and Pryce had never had anything but a superficially civil relationship.
Hemlock Grove
8
The plains were superficially duller, but they had their charms as well.
The dog said bow-wow
9
They were all of a racial subtype, superficially identical, blond and braided.
The dog said bow-wow
10
Then Kitty, making a desperate clutch at her self-possession, remarked rather superficially:
The Moon out of Reach
11
Sociopaths are often superficially charming, yet frequently exhibit certain adverse character traits.
Sequential Problem Solving / A Student Handbook with Checklists ...
12
Hundreds of men were dying, but death was talked of unconvincingly, superficially.
There was a King in Egypt
13
A man must sometimes superficially handle things, and sometimes push them home.
Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 11
14
If any man think this paradox impossible, he has observed character superficially.
The End of the World: A Love Story
15
Pepys's moderate praise and immoderate blame of Shakespeare are only superficially puzzling.
Shakespeare and the Modern Stage; with Other Essays
16
Could they give a scientific assent to an observation so superficially obtained?
From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon
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Superficially across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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