Definition of "superficies" [su•per•fi•cies]

• The outer surface of an area or a body. (noun)
• External appearance or aspect. (noun)

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• "Certainly not with a heartfelt froufrou letter (which, on the superficies, is immediately insulting)."
• "We cannot call a man's work superficial when it is the creation of a world; a man cannot be accused of dealing superficially with the world which he himself has created; the superficies is the world."
• "You should have the sugar-box by you, to strew on sugar from time to time, as you eat off the superficies, that is strewed over with sugar."