superficial

From Latin superficiālis.

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superficial (comparative more superficial, superlative most superficial)

1. Of or pertaining to the surface.
2. Being near the surface.
3. Shallow, lacking substance.
4. At face value.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page vii:

     Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.

5. (rare) Two-dimensional; drawn on a flat surface.

• (of or pertaining to the surface): surficial

• in-depth
• thorough
• (lacking substance): substantive

superficial (plural superficials)

1. (chiefly in plural) A surface detail.

   He always concentrates on the superficials and fails to see the real issue.

• superfice (archaic)

superficial (masculine and feminine plural superficials)

1. superficial

• superfície

superficial m or f (plural superficiais)

1. superficial
2. surficial; of the surface

superficial (not comparable)

1. superficial (pertaining to the surface)

• superficie

superficial m or f (plural superficiais, comparable)

1. Shallow, lacking substance.

• superfície

• “superficial” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

superficial (plural superficiales)

1. surficial
2. shallow, lacking substance.

• superficie