Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase only on the surface.
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1. superficial
2. shallow
3. cursory
4. surface-level
5. external
6. cosmetic
7. outside
8. superfices
9. superficies
10. bare
11. broad strokes
12. broadwise
13. exterior
14. outwardly
15. schort
16. shell
17. superfice
18. surface
19. surfacing
20. complexion
21. ext
22. exteriorly
23. externally
24. outward
25. periphery
26. right
27. surfacy
28. extern
29. hairsbreadth
30. exteriour
31. outer
32. breadthways
33. curtal
34. expanse
35. facing
36. gradatim
37. graded
38. progressively

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