superficially
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While that approach is direct and at least superficially logical, it’s not optimal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
In the early 20th century, totalitarianism was best known in countries that had superficially been modernized, but remained regressive in crucial ways.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
The statement said the the property "appeared to have been searched superficially" and cash was found in the couple's bedroom.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2025
All this material allows the bots to generate superficially coherent answers to questions by generating prose patterns and sometimes repeating facts they dredge up from their hoards of scraped material.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
From being ordered often to bring some particular scroll to Pai, he had become superficially familiar with these drawings, which at first had looked like meaningless bird tracks to him.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
