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superˈficialness
[f. superficial a. + -ness.]
1. = superficiality 3.
1624Gataker Transubst. 118 The Superficialnesse of his silly and unlearned Adversarie. 1661Gauden Consid. Liturgy 10 That rudenesse and unpreparednesse, that barrennesse and superficialnesse,..to which every private Minister is daily subject. 1711Countrey-Man's Lett. to Curate 95 The Curat in the Answer manifestly Writes with a Superficialness that's below even Table-chat. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. ii. (1848) 60 Herder..owing to the superficialness of his metaphysical knowledge, had but vague conceptions with regard to the progress of mankind. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Fate Wks. (Bohn) II. 309 Our America has a bad name for superficialness. a1902A. B. Davidson Called of God x. 258 This sterner side usually showed itself, when Christ had to deal with sentiment, or propriety, or superficialness.
2. = superficiality 1.
1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 72 It [sc. mediastinitis] might be suspected from the intensity and superficialness of post-sternal pain. |