Usually means: Enhancing appearance through superficial measures.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word cosmetically:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmetically: Merriam-Webster
  2. cosmetically: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cosmetically: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cosmetically: Vocabulary.com
  5. Cosmetically, cosmetically: Wordnik
  6. cosmetically: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cosmetically: Wiktionary
  8. cosmetically: Dictionary.com
  9. cosmetically: Rhymezone
  10. cosmetically: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cosmetically: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. cosmetically: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. cosmetically: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. cosmetically: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cosmetically)

▸ adverb:  In cosmetic terms; regarding appearance.

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cosmetologically, dermatologically, aesthetically, lookswise, coloristically, dermally, cosmographically, pigmentally, inaesthetically, cosmologically, more...

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cosmetologically, dermatologically, aesthetically, lookswise, coloristically, dermally, cosmographically, pigmentally, inaesthetically, cosmologically, more...



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