How To Use Superficially In A Sentence

Superficially, the rationale of the style would seem to be its conjuncture of sensitivity and showmanship.
The labellum indument resembles, although superficially, that of the hairy areas of an insect tegument.
In budding, aggregates of cells differentiate into small sponges that are released superficially or expelled through the oscula.
Death adders are terrestrial elapids who superficially resemble vipers.
We cannot call a man's work superficial when it is the creation of a world; a man cannot be accused of dealing superficially with the world which he himself has created; the superficies is the world. Ben Jonson

Also, a brief overview of the story is contained, but it is cursory and superficially overviewed here, and doesn't spoil or resolve anything.
If words on a page can’t compete any more with a film as regards creating a completely detailed and filmically accurate presentation of a story*, then writers will start to look for what writing can do that cinema can’t, and try and get at the reality of their subject through using superficially “unrealistic” techniques. Cheeseburger Gothic » Friday writing blog: point of view.
The proximal aulacophore is polymerous, rather than tetramerous (as in most other stylophorans) and superficially similar to that of the earliest stylophoran, Ceratocystis.
Many books that are superficially history books are easily detected as political propaganda or inspirational froth.
Jesus demands that the people look to their deeds before all else, reviles wealth and importance, insists that the lowliest, least superficially deserving of beggars is more readily accepted by God than those who trumpet achievement and virtue. He Ain’t Heavy « Tales from the Reading Room
The word preserve should be understood with some caution because if one imagines it superficially then it depicts more pain than happiness. Reading Shakespeare
Superficially, I can picture only saps or children falling prey.
Superficially, they all look very much alike, and dissection is often the only way to tell two species apart.
His manner was superficially assured, underneath perhaps half-savage, shy and farouche, and deprecating. The Plumed Serpent
Could neither graze nor pierce] [T: of change] To _graze_ is not merely to touch superficially, but to strike not directly, not so as to bury the body of the thing striking in the matter struck. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies
The ancestral amniotes were small animals, superficially resembling primitive, insectivorous lizards.
Superficially, the play follows The Tempest's plot-line and uses Philoctetes’ setting, but this isn't just Shakespeare in Greek buskins.
The film traces out, fairly superficially, the history of the documentary style known as cinéma vérité from the 1950s to the present day.
Superficially he reacted against this background.
Superficially thick walls are honeycombed with passages and chambers serving individual suites and lodgings.
There is no doubt that, superficially at least, the transsexual consents, is indeed very anxious that surgery be carried out.
The ancestral amniotes were small animals, superficially resembling primitive, insectivorous lizards.
And though her readings of Rachmaninoff are in fact quite beautiful in their own right, distinguished as they are by an imaginative rubato, they remain only superficially elegant.
Periclimenes shrimps are superficially similar in appearance to Harlequin Shrimp species but do not harm their host anemone or sea cucumber.
Pseudopollen is a mealy material, usually whitish or yellowish in colour, which superficially resembles pollen.
Anhingas and Double-crested Cormorants, representing closely allied avian families, share a spread-winged behavior that is superficially identical.
He's superficially lovable, in that Brodkin makes him a cheery as well as cheeky chappie, confident that the woman in the front row will be charmed to hear he'd like to "cum on [her] tits". Lee Nelson's Well Good Tour – review
-- Dogwood anthracnose After 15 to 20 years of dying trees, with sprays only superficially holding this fungus at bay, Ethel Dutky, University of Maryland plant pathologist, reports that fewer native dogwoods are developing anthracnose symptoms throughout this area. Beware of late blight, and report damage
Set at an English manor in 1932 and superficially a Lord Peter Wimsey-esque murder mystery that keeps twisting, there's a great deal on the English abovestairs/belowstairs class divide, how often the dividing line between the two gets crossed, what happens when that line is crossed, all provided through action, illustration, and meta-commentary. Gosford Park
More superficially, I like paperbacks, modern typefaces and striking covers, though I dare say I should attempt to retreat from my prejudice against anything written in a serif font in favour of more considered judgements on content.
His relations with his ex-wife had always remained superficially cordial. Times, Sunday Times
Contrary to previous work, the skull of Phlegethontia, though superficially snake-like, was not highly kinetic.
Many early mammal taxa were superficially rodent-like, such as the extinct multituberculates.
His relations with his ex-wife had always remained superficially cordial. Times, Sunday Times
In any case, superficially Sirk's work has a pokerfaced luridness that has all but disappeared from our movies.
It's superficially similar to true rollers (Coraciidae) and ground-rollers (Brachypteraciidae) but, unlike them, has semi-zygodactyl feet (though it has frequently very depicted inaccurately by artists who, in the absence of better information, have assumed that it's anisodactyl, like true rollers). ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
It doesn't seem to occur to their proponents that such a strengthening of the state's repressive apparatus, although superficially aimed at the neo-fascists, ultimately undermines democracy itself.
Superficially, mysidaceans look much like small shrimp, and since they have a ventral marsupium, they are often called opossum shrimp. Crustacea
As a certified Sodomite, attuned to homophobic undercurrents, I'm intently aware of subtext in narratives, how superficially fun and fluffy entertainment can carry the dodgiest of messages. Archive 2010-05-01
Superficially he might seem almost a name culled at random from the list of leading political celebrities in France, but in fact he was useful because he made the very specific connection with the tumultuous and dangerous world of European federalism. The Sion Revelation
So much is lacking here that the society does seem truly horrible, even if its people are superficially happy.
There is no doubt that, superficially at least, the transsexual consents, is indeed very anxious that surgery be carried out.
After laying in the ground for hundreds of years, many metals superficially identified as silver may very well be white metal instead.
Superficially, this could be cited as evidence of progressive social change.
Occasionally some fibers arising from the scapular spine extend superficially over the surface of the muscle and end in the skin of the arm.
Everyone is represented, it is superficially democratic but when it comes to crunch time the big players call the shots.
Marina is the superficially assured yet vulnerable one, naughty, stroppy, self-serving and extrovert, rebelling against her unstable home life.
Satin weave superficially resembles twill But does not have weft that characterizes twills.
This cooking method allows small pieces of food to be seared and cooked very superficially, thus retaining their texture and flavour.
More accurately, the "pseudoscience" accusation puts forward the claim, important if true, that the pseudoscientist is using sophisticated, well-developed and superficially appealing rhetoric to give the appearance of scientific substance where none actually exists. Demarcation as Politics
But even in the oeuvres of those authors, Jews, although mentioned, are usually dealt with superficially, not as a significant part of Hispanic culture.
More than mimicking nature superficially, Bass said, biomimicry is about accessing nature as a launching pad for innovation.
Females and males in eclipse plumage may look superficially similar to Mallards.
The problem with this superficially attractive strategy is, of course, that betrayers can always re-betray.
They present a superficially skewed version of biosocial and theological reality.
What I want to know is whether the climate system is thought (by GCMers in particular) to behave in this way, and if so, how one can possibly justify tuning to a superficially stable substate (such as a subset of 20th weather/climate scenarios). Exponential Growth in Physical Systems #2 « Climate Audit
Elric had witnessed many obscenities in his life and was moved by few of them, but this device, though superficially more in - nocuous than much he had seen, brought bile into his mouth. The Vanishing Tower
In contrast, garnets from Salida, Colorado, are only superficially altered.
Almost everywhere you look in Guanacaste Province there are pairs, trios, or small flocks of Groove-billed Anis, birds that superficially resemble blackbirds.
Several of the 20 items require the examiner to rate personality traits that we historically think of when we use the term "psychopath," such as whether the person shows a lack of remorse or guilt, appears callous, seems superficially charming, and has an inflated sense of self-worth i.e., the personality component. NPR Topics: News
The inflaming of nationalist tendencies in Europe can only be traced back superficially to disputes over the draft constitution.
Superficially it appears to be a periclinal chimera with a chlorophyll-deficient mutation in the second layer of the meristem.
28 should be needled cautiously and superficially in those with very distended bladders.
The endless levels might appear, superficially, to hold great promise of promotion for an ambitious man.
John Thacker writes: rvman -- your argument, while superficially plausibly, is against completely refuted by the data. Getting Ricardo Wrong, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
I anticipate another anatomical discovery, that this organ will be found to be cortical and caducous, that they are superficially morose, but at last tender-hearted, herein differing from Rome and the Latin nations. VIII. English Traits. Character
Their experiences are superficially similar.
We must on no account view problems superficially and in isolation.
While superficially complex, this was not an exceptional case.
Superficially these seem disconnected and doubtless traditional politicians and focus groups are puzzling over the underlying trends.
Superficially, the humdrum of life continues, with routine largely unruffled.
At the end of his life he had become, on his own ground, as mellow as he was rich; he combined consummate shrewdness with the disposition superficially to fraternise, and his “social position,” on which he had never wasted a care, had the firm perfection of an unthumbed fruit. The Portrait of a Lady
Because the book covers so much territory, it only superficially explores.
Superficially, he seemed at different times to be an ardent liberal or a reactionary militarist.
Practitioners take herbs that create symptoms superficially similar to those produced by a disease or ailment and then dilute them until nothing but water and a "memory" of the herb is left. Nightmare Advice on Allergies
So the superficially more relaxed atmosphere at home did nothing to modify my anorexic behaviour.
Those that know me but superficially, think less of me than I do of my self; those of my neer acquaintance think more; God, Who truly knows me, knows that I am nothing; for He only beholds me and all the world, Who looks not on us through a derived ray, or a trajection [153] of a sensible species, but beholds the substance without the helps of accidents, and the forms of things as we their operations. Religio Medici
Superficially it appears to be a conventional family saga, which opens with the familiar device of a mismarriage.
The pack was led by Mike, whose quoted song lyric hints that the superficially middle-of-the-road, middle-class, middle-management nature of my life might not be the full story.
Basal synapsids (things like caseids, ophiacodontids and sphenacodontids) looked superficially reptile-like, and for this reason non-mammalian synapsids have traditionally been dubbed ‘mammal-like reptiles’, and even classified within Reptilia. Archive 2006-05-01
The abscesses may be visible and palpable if they are superficially located.
Operators decided to clean down equipment regularly, not just superficially, but by taking it to pieces.
Being highly concentrated, Worcester sauce is employed mostly as a condiment or an ingredient rather than as a relish like the brown sauce which it superficially resembles.
Her books are deceptively slight, superficially easy, and so easily misunderstood.
It's superficially similar to true rollers (Coraciidae) and ground-rollers (Brachypteraciidae) but, unlike them, has semi-zygodactyl feet (though it has frequently very depicted inaccurately by artists who, in the absence of better information, have assumed that it's anisodactyl, like true rollers). ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
Further, adambulacralambulacral articulation is distinct between Zoroaster and the superficially similar Paleozoic species, and ambulacral form also is distinctive.
Those that know me but superficially think less of me than I do of myself; those of my near acquaintance think more; God who truly knows me, knows that I am nothing: for he only beholds me, and all the world, who looks not on us through a derived ray, or a trajection of a sensible species, but beholds the substance without the help of accidents, and the forms of things, as we their operations. Religio Medici
Superficially, mysidaceans look much like small shrimp, and since they have a ventral marsupium, they are often called opossum shrimp. Crustacea
It is an uncomfortable plane, only superficially like the Boeing; it has feeble air conditioning, and the seats hardly recline.
Superficially it seemed that votes in the division lobbies were the only thing that counted.
The ointment must be rubbed into the area, not just applied superficially.
The Cylon Raider could superficially be referring to the “contact with extraterrestrials” or, more appositely, to the “guardian angel”. Matthew Yglesias » How Popular is the Tea Party Movement?
How else to explain the suddenly awakened consciences of the conspicuously caucasian Tea Baggers who, rather than easily grasp that the causes they trumpet are actually empirically proven to be detrimental to their own interests, opt instead to bleat banal credos which sound superficially like rousing cries for "smaller government" and "accountability" but what are in truth thinly veiled, virulent, recidivistic expressions of deep-seated racism? The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Like others of her generation, she accepted, at least superficially, the ideology of racialism.
Transcending its self-defined parameters, his book makes you reflect rewardingly, too, about how other old, pluralist and only superficially modern societies in the region work. Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven – review
In some instances the posterior saphena vein, instead of joining the popliteal vein, ascends superficially to terminate in some of the large veins of the thigh. Surgical Anatomy
Superficially it would seem to have very little to do with an historic attack on Greece over a millennium before!
There is no doubt that, superficially at least, the transsexual consents, is indeed very anxious that surgery be carried out.
Small, metal objects deeply embedded in soft tissue pose a lower risk for complication than even superficially embedded organic material, such as wood.
I say, even because most of the lists of diagnostic criteria for the label start with superficially charming. Madoff: A Scoundrel Or A Sociopath?
The intriguing "Phaedra" 2007 is only superficially about the Greek myth of Theseus's wife, who lusts after her stepson Hippolyt and, when he rejects her, contrives his death and commits suicide. Divided Inside, in Theme and Structure
Terrestrial birds whose plumage is superficially similar to that of fuzzy small theropods are notorious for harbouring ectoparasites, with kiwis in particular being reported to crawl with numerous fleas, ticks, feather mites and lice (Kleinpaste 1991). Archive 2006-07-01
It was formerly classed with the racoons, which it superficially resembles; and, as Jerdon remarks, it may be considered as a sort of link between the plantigrade and digitigrade carnivora. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon
The coincidence in timing of plutonism and extension along the Zuccale fault superficially suggests that thermal weakening could play a part in facilitating low-angle fault movement as proposed for the Capanne fault.
Trachyte — A variety of felsite superficially closely resembling rhyolite. Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico :
All seven colors of magic ribboned through the spell-form, which looked superficially like a gate.
It conceals only superficially, for it can allow us to reveal our true self.
This makes brachiopods look superficially like bivalved molluscs (clams, oysters, etc.)
By contrast, the wings of birds and bats are superficially similar, but their internal structure is quite different.
The proximal aulacophore is polymerous, rather than tetramerous (as in most other stylophorans) and superficially similar to that of the earliest stylophoran, Ceratocystis.
Those metals and alloys which resisted oxidation in air resisted the attack of the gases, but the more corrodible substances were attacked superficially; although in no instance could an explosive body be detected, nor could an explosion be produced by heating or hammering. Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use
Though they might superficially look like just another kind of mollusc, brachiopods belonged to an entirely different phylum, one that flourished during the past but has been reduced to just a handful of species today. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
Religious education is poorly and superficially taught in most schools.
But if Gray is a great political writer who can condense power struggles into arresting and superficially simplistic formulas, he is a remarkably unpolitical character too.
The lower jaw exhibits several characteristics superficially resembling those in some felids.
He is well-dressed, superficially well-mannered, but reminds me of a flirtatious married host at a barbecue.
The detective story is superficially part of the hard-boiled tradition, but a vein of absurdism, a hint of Kafka, distorts the naturalism.
Superficially, the WD S25 appears similarly to the VelociRaptor, but it has much faster read and write seek times at 3.6 ms and 4.2 ms respectively.
They may represent a distinct lineage of early nautiloids, perhaps quite different anatomically to the contemporary and superficially similar oncocerids.
They studied congeners, presumed sister species in many cases, having both minimal plumage differences and superficially similar primary vocalizations.
Superficially, capitalism's main impact seemed to be the encampments of kiosks in public spaces, engaged in selling all kinds of home and foreign items at high prices.
Periclimenes shrimps are superficially similar in appearance to Harlequin Shrimp species but do not harm their host anemone or sea cucumber.
In many cases the mucous membrane appeared to be superficially necrosed, and covered with diphtheritic patches. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
Patients describe the feeling as burning or extreme warmth superficially, but cold under the skin. 10 At 12 hours post ingestion (Phase III), weakness, ataxia, hypotension and dysesthesia are observed. Fish poisonings and envenomations
Cases like these should be distinguished from a superficially parallel set of cases such as shrug the shoulders and pout the lips.
Superficially at least, the heightened sense of community encourages better standards of behaviour.
This carceral city seems, superficially, reminiscent of the Utopia of unbroken visibility and unrelenting surveillance envisaged in Bentham's Panopticon.
Superficially, the activities differ, but at a deeper level they converge.
With their bipinnate leaves, calliandras superficially resemble Leucaena and Mimosa species. Chapter 8
Three of the bullets missed me and one superficially grazed my skin.
he was superficially interested
Religious education is poorly and superficially taught in most schools.
However, the skull was superficially destructed so that several skull bones were visible through the disrupted bindings.
Periclimenes shrimps are superficially similar in appearance to Harlequin Shrimp species but do not harm their host anemone or sea cucumber.
The endless levels might appear, superficially, to hold great promise of promotion for an ambitious man.

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