oberflächlich — meaning in English
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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 only or merely to conform to a minimal standard or to fulfill a protocol or presumptive duty.
- 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 In a superficial manner; shallowly.
Senses
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.
airy — full definition
- adj Open, spacious, and well ventilated.
- adj Light in mood or manner; carefree and breezy.
- adj Lacking any real substance or basis; vague and impractical.