This one had suffered a brief collision out in the rockyards, but the scrapes and discolorations were merely superficial.

On this, Origen's accord with the teachings of the Church was merely superficial.

"But magic is tricky, after all, and it is so hard to really master beyond the merely superficial."

Though workers were applying a coat of paint when I was there, the repairs were merely superficial.

At the same time, individual species were taken to have a fixed essence; such inherited changes were merely superficial.

Do you think Bunger is right, or is he merely superficial?

Thus he concludes that things really are the same, and that all evidences of change are merely superficial.

Others argue that the comparison between cestui que and Roman law is merely superficial.

The color in these cases is "not merely superficial", but an actual coloration of the hair.

During this time they develop a romance and their teacher-student relationship is merely superficial.