cursoriness

cursoriness
noun see cursory

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • cursoriness — cur·so·ri·ness || kɜːsÉ™rɪnɪs n. quality of being hasty and superficial …   English contemporary dictionary

  • cursoriness — cur·so·ri·ness …   English syllables

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  • cursory — adjective Etymology: Late Latin cursorius of running, from Latin currere Date: 1601 rapidly and often superficially performed or produced ; hasty < a cursory glance > Synonyms: see superficial • cursorily …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • cursory — cursorily, adv. cursoriness, n. /kerr seuh ree/, adj. going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article. [1595 1605; < LL cursorius running, equiv. to L cur(rere) to run + sorius,… …   Universalium

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