adj.1 of or on the surface; lacking depth (a superficial knowledge; superficial wounds).
2 swift or cursory (a superficial examination).
3 apparent but not real (a superficial resemblance).
4 (esp. of a person) having no depth of character or knowlege; trivial; shallow.
5 Commerce (of a measure) square (cf. SUPER adj. 3).
Derivatives:
superficiality n. (pl. -ies). superficially adv. superficialness n.
Etymology: LL superficialis f. L (as SUPERFICIES)