Robin's education had been a continuous insistence on the importance of superficiality.
"The Wooden Horse"
Hugh Walpole
Of course you will find out what a sterling fellow he is-under all that superficiality.
"The Wooden Horse"
Hugh Walpole
The familiar was not binding upon him, for his thought was emancipated from routine and superficiality.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry