16
outwardly(adverb, surface, lightly, seemingly)
15
ostensibly(adverb, surface, apparently, seemingly)
13
apparently(adverb, surface, seemingly)
11
seemingly(adverb, surface)
10
externally(adverb, surface, lightly)
9
cursorily(adverb, shallowly)
9
evidently(adverb, surface, seemingly)
7
frivolously(adverb, lightly, apparently, seemingly, ignorantly)
7
shallowly(adverb, shallowly)
6
hastily(adverb, lightly, apparently, seemingly, ostensibly)
5
carelessly(adverb, lightly)
5
partially(adverb, lightly)
5
to all appearances(expression, idiom, adverb, surface)
4
casually(adverb, lightly)
4
exteriorly
4
flimsily(adverb, lightly, apparently, seemingly, ignorantly)
4
hurriedly
4
ignorantly(adverb, lightly, apparently, seemingly, ostensibly)
4
officially
4
on the surface(expression, idiom, adverb, apparently, evidently)
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