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Synonyms & Antonyms of superficially

1 as in just, hardly

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for superficially

barely,
hardly,
just,
kind of,
marginally,
minimally,
scarcely,
slightly

half,
halfway,
incompletely,
part,
partially,
partly

approximately,
roughly,
somewhat

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for superficially

all,
all of,
all over,
altogether,
clean,
completely,
dead,
enough,
entire,
entirely,
even,
exactly,
fast,
flat,
full,
fully,
heartily,
out,
perfectly,
plumb
[chiefly dialect],
quite,
soundly,
thoroughly,
through and through,
totally,
utterly,
well,
wholly,
wide

absolutely,
categorically,
cold,
downright,
hands down,
plain,
stone,
stone-cold,
unqualifiedly

basically,
by and large,
chiefly,
generally,
largely,
mainly,
more or less,
mostly,
overall,
predominantly,
predominately,
primarily,
principally,
substantially

2 as in narrowly, imperfectly

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for superficially

cursorily,
imperfectly,
inadequately,
narrowly,
shallowly,
sketchily,
summarily

aimlessly,
desultorily,
haphazardly,
hit or miss,
randomly

indeterminately,
nebulously,
vaguely

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for superficially

completely,
comprehensively,
detailedly,
exhaustively,
fully,
inside out,
minutely,
roundly,
sweepingly,
systematically,
thoroughly,
through and through,
totally

meticulously,
microscopically

all out,
full blast,
intensively

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