surfacely

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English

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Etymology

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From surface +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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surfacely (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard or non-native speakers' English) On the surface; superficially.
    • 2002, A. K. Mehta, Acupuncture for Everyone, page 33:
      Each of these positions can be felt deeply or surfacely.
    • 2011, John W. McGinley, The Seventh Chamber, page 125:
      Surfacely, the Forms-as-thoughts possibility is turning out, it would appear, a “solution” to this first infinite regress difficulty only by throwing the argument into an even more insidious and absurd infinite regress.