superficial level
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuperficialandlevel
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superficial
adjective
uk/ˌsuː.pəˈfɪʃ.əl/us/ˌsuː.pɚˈfɪʃ.əl/
disapproving
(of a person) never thinking about things that are serious ...
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level
noun[C]
uk/ˈlev.əl/us/ˈlev.əl/
the height ...
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(Definition ofsuperficialandlevelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This familiarity was not at thesuperficiallevel, but involved home visits on a regular basis.
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On asuperficiallevel, each disc is housed in a 'digipack', a laminated case with the texts and translations for the disc bound in.
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The planes have to intersect at the mostsuperficiallevel, because of the need to produce a linear sequence of sounds.
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At asuperficiallevel, it is not difficult to understand the reasons for the lukewarm reception of the building.
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Plans that seem to be comparable on asuperficiallevelcan actually yield very different annuity streams at retirement, depending on the details of the plan.
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Mohamed's friend, however, remains on thesuperficiallevelof observation and experience.
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Typically, the children had a high level of activity, they tended to be somewhat uncritical, and it was often difficult to establish contact at more than asuperficiallevel.
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Realisation at this moresuperficialleveldid not satisfy, but the further effort that resulted led to further fissuring and trivialisation, but then also to a thickening surround of myth.
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Nor, at least on thesuperficiallevel, is it clear that all apparently later additions to the repertory are necessarily ' modern' in style compared to the more traditional pieces.
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Guillery is keen to emphasize that though artisan vernacular encompassed classical ornamentation, this was at asuperficialleveland did not imply the use of that ornament for social emulation.
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That debate is often conducted on a rathersuperficiallevel.
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He clearly prefers, however, to engage in discussion of wider political matters at a prettysuperficiallevel.
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With four people looking after them, what can one do, except at the mostsuperficiallevel?
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This essential core knowledge is included only at a verysuperficiallevelin the postgraduate training of cancer specialists.
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On asuperficiallevel, one might be tempted to suggest that one conviction alone should be sufficient.
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I recognise that, at asuperficiallevel, the results look dramatic.
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Thatsuperficiallevelof analysis seems too good to be true.
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Nobody likes to pay tax, and on asuperficiallevellow taxation is attractive politically.
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Most of the debates over the years have been a repetition at a rathersuperficiallevel.
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However, a more detailed analysis shows that the logic applies only at a relativelysuperficiallevel.
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