surfacyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsəːfᵻsi/, U.S.

/ˈsərfəsi/

Forms: 1800s– surfacy, 1900s– surfacey.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: surface n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < surface n. + -y suffix¹.

Superficial; lacking depth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > slight or superficial

superficialc1456

skin-deepa1613

hoverly1633

surfacy1815

tangential1825

smattery1895

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles

plangent1666

dry1695

sticky1753

flat1755

spotty1798

touchy1809

definitive1815

edgy1825

painty1827

scratchy1827

unideal1838

tinglish1855

generalist1858

tinny1877

Christmas-cardy1883

tinty1883

surfacy1887

chocolate box1892

chocolate-boxy1894

Christmas card1895

juicy1897

candy box1898

pastose1901

busy1909

pompier1914

posterish1914

painterly1932

X-ray1940

illusional1942

all-over1948

figurative1960

hard-edge1961

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough

overlyc1450

superficialc1456

sloven1532

sloven-like1569

perfunctory1592

slovenly1592

perfunctorious1599

cursory1601

cursorarya1616

slighty1619

cursitory1632

touch and go1682

passant1685

skimming1728

slapdashc1792

lax1812

slap-bang1815

slummocking1825

slobbery1832

percursory1837

slipshod1845

slip-string1854

slummocky1855

free and easy1864

unthorough1868

slurring1880

slummy1881

sploshy1881

skimmy1893

surfacy1975

drive-through1994

1815 Polit. Examiner 28 May Lord Grey's [speech]..being calm, solid, and..matter of fact..and Mr Grattan's..passionate, surfacy, and gratuitous.

1845 C. Webbe Glances at Life in City & Suburb 2nd Ser. 324 The sober, serious business of life,..and not the showy, surfacy side of things superficial,..is attended to as ‘the one thing needful’.

1887 W. Armstrong in Art Jrnl. June 167/1 Titian fails to give the substance of flesh. His flesh is surfacy and without the variety of truth; it is, in fact, without texture.

1904 Common-Sense Dec. 17/1 The business man must work out his own plans, in his own original way, guided by all the light he can get, not copy another man's idea in a surfacey sort of style.

1975 Citizen (Ottawa) 3 Nov. 57/3 Neither he nor Dame Peggy wish to deliver glib, surfacy imitations.

1993 D. F. Wallace E Unibus Pluram in Rev. Contemp. Fiction 173 It most often degenerates into a kind of jeering, surfacy look ‘behind the scenes’ of the very televisual front people already jeer at.

2005 Perspectives on Politics 3 694/2 [The book] certainly goes deeper than most of the surfacy IPE literature.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	surfacy
释义	surfacyadj. Brit. /ˈsəːfᵻsi/, U.S. /ˈsərfəsi/ Forms: 1800s– surfacy, 1900s– surfacey. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: surface n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < surface n. + -y suffix¹. Superficial; lacking depth. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > slight > slight or superficial superficialc1456 skin-deepa1613 hoverly1633 surfacy1815 tangential1825 smattery1895 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > qualities or styles of painting > [adjective] > other qualities or styles plangent1666 dry1695 sticky1753 flat1755 spotty1798 touchy1809 definitive1815 edgy1825 painty1827 scratchy1827 unideal1838 tinglish1855 generalist1858 tinny1877 Christmas-cardy1883 tinty1883 surfacy1887 chocolate box1892 chocolate-boxy1894 Christmas card1895 juicy1897 candy box1898 pastose1901 busy1909 pompier1914 posterish1914 painterly1932 X-ray1940 illusional1942 all-over1948 figurative1960 hard-edge1961 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough overlyc1450 superficialc1456 sloven1532 sloven-like1569 perfunctory1592 slovenly1592 perfunctorious1599 cursory1601 cursorarya1616 slighty1619 cursitory1632 touch and go1682 passant1685 skimming1728 slapdashc1792 lax1812 slap-bang1815 slummocking1825 slobbery1832 percursory1837 slipshod1845 slip-string1854 slummocky1855 free and easy1864 unthorough1868 slurring1880 slummy1881 sploshy1881 skimmy1893 surfacy1975 drive-through1994 1815 Polit. Examiner 28 May Lord Grey's [speech]..being calm, solid, and..matter of fact..and Mr Grattan's..passionate, surfacy, and gratuitous. 1845 C. Webbe Glances at Life in City & Suburb 2nd Ser. 324 The sober, serious business of life,..and not the showy, surfacy side of things superficial,..is attended to as ‘the one thing needful’. 1887 W. Armstrong in Art Jrnl. June 167/1 Titian fails to give the substance of flesh. His flesh is surfacy and without the variety of truth; it is, in fact, without texture. 1904 Common-Sense Dec. 17/1 The business man must work out his own plans, in his own original way, guided by all the light he can get, not copy another man's idea in a surfacey sort of style. 1975 Citizen (Ottawa) 3 Nov. 57/3 Neither he nor Dame Peggy wish to deliver glib, surfacy imitations. 1993 D. F. Wallace E Unibus Pluram in Rev. Contemp. Fiction 173 It most often degenerates into a kind of jeering, surfacy look ‘behind the scenes’ of the very televisual front people already jeer at. 2005 Perspectives on Politics 3 694/2 [The book] certainly goes deeper than most of the surfacy IPE literature. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1815
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