Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superficially

/sˈupɚfˌɪʃəli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-fi-cial-ly
IPA: /sˈupɚfˌɪʃəli/

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a superficial manner; shallowly.

Example Sentences

"This anatomy is superficially similar to that of Cetotheriidae and some tranatocetids were previously considered to be cetotheres and even identified as Cetotherium."

Etymology

Etymology tree English superficial Middle English -ly English -ly English superficially From superficial + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more superficially (comparative) most superficially (superlative)

Synonyms

shallowly weakly apparently seemingly on the face of it

Questions

How do you pronounce superficially?: The recorded pronunciation is /sˈupɚfˌɪʃəli/.
What does superficially mean?: In a superficial manner; shallowly.
Where does superficially come from?: Etymology tree English superficial Middle English -ly English -ly English superficially From superficial + -ly.

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