sciolistically

Etymology
or.

Adverb

 * 1) In a sciolistic or sciolistical manner; in a manner that shows only superficial knowledge.
 * 2) * 1944,, “The Loom of Language. By . New York: , [1944]. Pp x+692, illustrated. [book review]”, , volume 19, Durham, N.C.: , 42448942, page 211; reprinted in Charles F[rancis] Hockett, editor, A Leonard Bloomfield Anthology, abridged edition, Chicago, Ill.: , 1987, 978-0-226-06071-2, page 281:
 * If one were willing to ignore the tiresome, sciolistically facetious, and repetitious style of this book, its total lack of clarity and structure, and the errors and misunderstandings in which it abounds, there would remain the fact that in the state of its information it lies some decades behind Whitney's excellent popular books
 * 1) * 1944,, “The Loom of Language. By . New York: , [1944]. Pp x+692, illustrated. [book review]”, , volume 19, Durham, N.C.: , 42448942, page 211; reprinted in Charles F[rancis] Hockett, editor, A Leonard Bloomfield Anthology, abridged edition, Chicago, Ill.: , 1987, 978-0-226-06071-2, page 281:
 * If one were willing to ignore the tiresome, sciolistically facetious, and repetitious style of this book, its total lack of clarity and structure, and the errors and misunderstandings in which it abounds, there would remain the fact that in the state of its information it lies some decades behind Whitney's excellent popular books
 * 1) * 1944,, “The Loom of Language. By . New York: , [1944]. Pp x+692, illustrated. [book review]”, , volume 19, Durham, N.C.: , 42448942, page 211; reprinted in Charles F[rancis] Hockett, editor, A Leonard Bloomfield Anthology, abridged edition, Chicago, Ill.: , 1987, 978-0-226-06071-2, page 281:
 * If one were willing to ignore the tiresome, sciolistically facetious, and repetitious style of this book, its total lack of clarity and structure, and the errors and misunderstandings in which it abounds, there would remain the fact that in the state of its information it lies some decades behind Whitney's excellent popular books