superficially

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   in a superficial manner

   “he was superficially interested”

Questions about superficially

What does superficially mean?

superficially means "in a superficial manner".

How many syllables are in superficially?

superficially has 5 syllables: su-per-fic-ial-ly. The stress falls on "su". In IPA it is /ˈsupɚˌfɪʃəli/.

Is superficially a common word?

superficially is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with superficially?

4 words rhyme with superficially. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.