Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈfeɪʃəli/
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/ˈfeɪʃli/
Pronunciation notes
- rare
Adverb
Using or involving the face.
Usage- not-comparable
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"The results showed that women were significantly more facially expressive than men for all emotion clips."
In a facial manner; on its face; as something appears to an initial impression, prior to a deeper analysis.
Usage- especially
- not-comparable
- Synonyms
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Near-synonym: superficially
If a judicial authorization is facially valid, the party challenging it will have the burden of proving that it was invalid.
More examples (2)
[I]t is no answer to a claim of discrimination from a litigant in a wheelchair to say that everyone is expected to climb the stairs in front of a courthouse to have their day in Court, and that the wheelchair-bound litigant was treated no differently than anyone else. Facially neutral legislation can be discriminatory [...]
An independent forensic accountant found evidence of gross financial mismanagement while Hegseth was administering two small nonprofits. This information is redundant evidence of what is facially obvious: his unreadiness to manage the Pentagon’s almost $900 billion budget […]
Adverb
with respect to the face