Both Uses of
superficial
in
The Birthmark
- "Oh, no," hastily replied her husband; "this is merely superficial."
*superficial = relating to a surface rather than to anything deep or serious
- Know, then, that this crimson hand, superficial as it seems, has clutched its grasp into your being with a strength of which I had no previous conception.†
superficial = relating to a surface rather than to anything deep or penetrating
Definition:
relating to a surface rather than to anything deep or penetrating (often of injuries or thinking)