Dictionary

lip-deep en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Spoken or claimed but not actually believed; insincere.
   • Let us bring no more vain oblations, nor the empty formality of a lip-deep service. 1870, Edward Garbett, The Soul's Life: Its Commencement, Progress and Maturity, page 115:

Coordinates

skin-deep

Relateds

lip service · lip devotion · lip wisdom · lip-labour