/ ˈfeɪʃl; NAmE / adjective , noun
■ adjective
[ usually before noun ] connected with a person's face; on a person's face :
a facial expression
facial hair
► fa·cial·ly / ˈfeɪʃəli; NAmE / adverb :
Facially the two men were very different.
■ noun
a beauty treatment in which a person's face is cleaned using creams, steam, etc. in order to improve the quality of the skin
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (as a theological term meaning face to face, open ): from medieval Latin facialis , from facies form, appearance, face. The current sense of the adjective dates from the early 19th cent.