oberflächlich — meaning in English

English meaning

airy adj Open, spacious, and well ventilated.
cursory adj Done quickly and without much attention to detail; hasty.
flippant adj Showing a casual disrespect or lack of seriousness about something that deserves more care.
perfunctory adj Done just to satisfy a basic requirement, without real care or effort.
shallow adjective Not deep; having little depth of water, thought, or feeling.
superficial adj Existing only on the surface, not deep or serious.
superficially adv Without looking closely or deeply at something.

oberflächlich is used for these senses in English:

airy light-hearted; vivacious
cursory Hasty or superficial.
flippant Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
perfunctory Performed in a careless or indifferent manner as a thing of rote.
skin-deep (figuratively) Shallow, superficial.
superficial (anatomy, relational, often with to) Closer to the surface of the body; especially, situated or occurring on the skin or immediately beneath it.
superficially In a superficial manner; shallowly.
surficial (geology, astronomy) Of or pertaining to the surface of something, particularly the surface of the Earth.