skin-deep
[ skin-deep ]
/ ˈskɪnˈdip /
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
skin search,
skin tag,
skin test,
skin traction,
skin up,
skin-deep,
skin-dive,
skin-pop,
skin-search,
skinflint,
skinful
British Dictionary definitions for skin deep
skin-deep
adjective
superficial; shallow
adverb
superficially
Idioms and Phrases with skin deep
skin deep
see beauty is only skin deep.