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skin-deep definition

skin·-deep (skin′dēp′)

adjective

  1. penetrating no deeper than the skin
  2. without real depth or significance; superficial; shallow

adverb

so as to be only skin-deep; superficially

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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