facially

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In a way that is about the face or how it looks

adverb
/ˈfeɪʃəli/

: facialmente

It seems to be taking its toll... facially.
facially discriminatory
facially neutral
facially unconstitutional

You have been very honest about your inability to to facially identify celebrities.

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Examples

You know, I think you can see facially, like I'm certainly coming into my own.
And it is, I mean, at least facially a very pleasing sort of response.
We looked different facially, but hair identical.
To be facially disfigured is really hard.
The charge against the Massachusetts delegation is facially more plausible.

Academic text (2016)
Jesse wasn't the only one who found the official story facially implausible.

Blog text (33)
It includes eye rolling so it can be both facially expressed or verbally expressed.
The artist captured her emotions facially, revealing subtle expressions in every brush stroke.
The twins looked different facially, but their hair was identical.
He was judged facially on his appearance during the audition, despite his talent.

Surface Forms

facially positive

Morphology

facially = facial (transparent) = face + ial + ly

The adverb is a regular formation from the adjective 'facial' with the productive suffix '-ly', and 'facial' transparently means 'relating to the face'.

Etymology

Facially comes from the simple word face, from the Latin facies meaning 'face', plus the ending -ial that means 'relating to'. So facially means 'in a way that relates to the face', which is why we use it to talk about looks or parts of the face.