surfacely

adv

surfacely

adv

Etymology From surface + -ly.

1

On the surface; superficially.

Nonstandard or non-native speakers' English

  • Each of these positions can be felt deeply or surfacely.2002, A. K. Mehta, Acupuncture for Everyone, page 33:
  • 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.2011, John W. McGinley, The Seventh Chamber, page 125:

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