surfacely

English

Etymology

From surface +‎ -ly.

Adverb

surfacely (not comparable)

1. (nonstandard or non-native speakers' English) On the surface; superficially.
   • 2002, A. K. Mehta, Acupuncture for Everyone, page 33:

     Each of these positions can be felt deeply or surfacely.

   • 2011, John W. McGinley, The Seventh Chamber, page 125:

     Surfacely, the Forms-as-thoughts possibility is turning out, it would appear, a “solution” to this first infinite regress difficulty only by throwing the argument into an even more insidious and absurd infinite regress.