skin-deep
[
skin
-
deep
]
/ˈskɪnˈdip/
adjective
1.
superficial or slight; not profound or substantial:
Their sincerity is only skin-deep.
adverb
2.
slightly; superficially:
He went into the subject only skin-deep.
Origin
1605-15
British Dictionary definitions for
skin deep
skin-deep
adjective
1.
superficial; shallow
adverb
2.
superficially
Idioms and Phrases with
skin deep
skin deep
see:
beauty is only skin deep