facially

adv

1. (not-comparable)Using or involving the face.

   “"The results showed that women were significantly more facially expressive than men for all emotion clips."”

2. (especially, not-comparable)In a facial manner; on its face; as something appears to an initial impression, prior to a deeper analysis.

   “Near-synonym: superficially”

   “If a judicial authorization is facially valid, the party challenging it will have the burden of proving that it was invalid.”

   “[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 […]”