Both Uses of
superficial
in
Cujo
- Her belly hurt, but those wounds were superficial, little more than scratches.
*superficial = relating to a surface rather than to anything deep or penetrating
- The gauze pads on her left leg had soaked through again, and the flesh around the superficial wounds on her belly had gone an ugly red.†
Definition:
relating to a surface rather than to anything deep or penetrating (often of injuries or thinking)