facial
Of or affecting the faceOf or affecting the face.
» I thought you said Tom had no facial hair.
Meaning
3 senses(not comparable, relational)Of or affecting the face.
of or concerning the face
(not comparable, relational)Concerned with or used in improving the appearance of the face.
Gesichts-
лицево́йlicevój
(not comparable)(of a law or regulation validity) On its face; as it appears (as opposed to on a more probing analysis, as it is applied, etc.).
The facial constitutionality of the law is in question.
Examples
64 sentencesI thought you said Tom had no facial hair.
I thought that you said Tom had no facial hair.
I thought you said that Tom had no facial hair.
I thought that you said that Tom had no facial hair.
Do you like facial hair on men?
deMagst du bärtige Männer? — Zaghawa
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”),Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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