ON THE SURFACE


Meaning of ON THE SURFACE in English

adverb

: to all outward appearances : so far as one can see

the entire system was, at least on the surface, remarkably efficient — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink

on the surface there is no apparent relationship between the two books — Harrison Smith

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.