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
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. 2012