skin-deep

[ skin-deep ]

/ ˈskɪnˈdip /

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adjective

superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep.

adverb

slightly; superficially: He went into the subject only skin-deep.

Origin of skin-deep

First recorded in 1605–15

Words nearby skin-deep

skim-read, skin, skin alive, skin and bones, skin care, skin-deep, skin-dive, skin diving, skin dose, skin drag, skin effect

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Example sentences from the Web for skin-deep

It could be written off as largely cosmetic, but increasingly appears more than skin-deep.
GOP Swears It’s Not Stupid|Howard Kurtz|February 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Its molluscan characteristics were only skin-deep, evidently an adaptation to a mode of life like that of mollusks.
The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler
It burns, consumes, pains with intolerable torment; it is no skin-deep trouble, it penetrates to the very marrow.
Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon|Walter Adeney
Soap and water have worked a visible cure already, that must go more than skin-deep.
A Ten Year War|Jacob A. Riis

Elizabeth, with a skin-deep religion only, was evenly and enduringly virtuous.
Body, Parentage and Character in History|Furneaux Jordan
And this brings us to the second point,—that Mohammedan civilization was, on the whole, rather a skin-deep affair.
The Unseen World and Other Essays|John Fiske

British Dictionary definitions for skin-deep

skin-deep

adjective

superficial; shallow

adverb

superficially

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with skin-deep

skin deep

see beauty is only skin deep.

单词	skin-deep
释义	skin-deep [ skin-deep ] / ˈskɪnˈdip / SEE SYNONYMS FOR skin-deep ON THESAURUS.COM adjective superficial or slight; not profound or substantial: Their sincerity is only skin-deep. adverb slightly; superficially: He went into the subject only skin-deep. Origin of skin-deep First recorded in 1605–15 Words nearby skin-deep skim-read, skin, skin alive, skin and bones, skin care, skin-deep, skin-dive, skin diving, skin dose, skin drag, skin effect Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for skin-deep It could be written off as largely cosmetic, but increasingly appears more than skin-deep. GOP Swears It’s Not Stupid\|Howard Kurtz\|February 8, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Its molluscan characteristics were only skin-deep, evidently an adaptation to a mode of life like that of mollusks. The Whence and the Whither of Man\|John Mason Tyler It burns, consumes, pains with intolerable torment; it is no skin-deep trouble, it penetrates to the very marrow. Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon\|Walter Adeney Soap and water have worked a visible cure already, that must go more than skin-deep. A Ten Year War\|Jacob A. Riis Elizabeth, with a skin-deep religion only, was evenly and enduringly virtuous. Body, Parentage and Character in History\|Furneaux Jordan And this brings us to the second point,—that Mohammedan civilization was, on the whole, rather a skin-deep affair. The Unseen World and Other Essays\|John Fiske British Dictionary definitions for skin-deep skin-deep adjective superficial; shallow adverb superficially Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with skin-deep skin deep see beauty is only skin deep. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to skin-deep apparent, casual, cursory, empty, flimsy, meaningless, shallow, trivial, one-dimensional, on the surface
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skin-deep

adjective

adverb

Origin of skin-deep

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British Dictionary definitions for skin-deep

adjective

adverb

Idioms and Phrases with skin-deep

Words related to skin-deep