The phrase "although superficially" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast or qualification regarding an observation that may seem true at first glance but requires deeper analysis.
Example: "Although superficially appealing, the design lacks functionality and practicality."
Alternatives: "at first glance" or "on the surface".
Such a rule, although superficially appealing, suffers from serious drawbacks.
Although superficially radical, the elegant results of reform render the suggestion worth contemplating.
Although superficially benchmarks appear uncontroversial, they can create at least three types of governance problems.
Although superficially more open than the Putin regime, both organisations are pathologically secretive about their long-term aspirations and strategies.
Although superficially similar to the African baobab, it favours mountain habitats in mainland Africa and features distinct floral and pollen characteristics, as well as fewer chromosomes.
"Although superficially it's kind of gross even to think about them in the same title, the questions are very similar," he said.
However, although they superficially look like large "normal" feathers, their structure is unique.
Although aligned, superficially, with a modernist embrace of natural materials and essential, organic forms, they burst with ideas and allusions.
Although grasses superficially resemble other plants, most notably the rushes (family Juncaceae) and sedges (family Cyperaceae), these similarities are far outweighed by the numerous less-conspicuous differences in the structure and arrangement of reproductive parts, pollen development and structure, chromosome structure, and embryology.
Although, considered superficially, Feuerbach's study of Bayle is a continuation of the line of inquiry pursued in his earlier historical monographs, closer observation confirms Rawidowicz's observation that this book marks an important turning point in his intellectual development (Rawidowicz, 1964, 62 62).
"The US government, although they superficially denounced the military coup in 2009, has tacitly given support to this new Honduran government," Kyte told VICE News.
