Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

surfacely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sur-face-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

On the surface; superficially.

Example Sentences

"Each of these positions can be felt deeply or surfacely."
"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."

Etymology

From surface + -ly.

Questions

What does surfacely mean?: On the surface; superficially.
Where does surfacely come from?: From surface + -ly.

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