All 5 Uses of
superficial
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Certainly the contrast between the cousins was conspicuous, and to superficial eyes was very much to the disadvantage of Maggie though a connoisseur might have seen "points" in her which had a higher promise for maturity than Lucy's natty completeness.†
Chpt 1.7
- Such a supposition could only have arisen from a too-superficial acquaintance with the habits of the Dodson family.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- "They've a great deal of superficial cleverness; but they couldn't go far into anything.†
Chpt 2.1
- Now superficial people never discern that, owing to my manner, I suppose.†
Chpt 6.2
- He chose to lay aside his hat and wear a scarlet fez of her embroidering; but by superficial observers this was necessarily liable to be interpreted less as a compliment to Lucy than as a mark of coxcombry.†
Chpt 6.9
Definition:
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(superficial) relating to a surface rather than to anything deep or penetrating (often of injuries or thinking)