cursory
11cursory — 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,… …
12cursory — adjective Brief or broad; not close, cautious nor detailed. Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance …
13cursory — adj. Cursory is used with these nouns: ↑check, ↑examination, ↑glance, ↑inspection, ↑look, ↑reading, ↑scan, ↑treatment …
14cursory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hasty, superficial. See haste. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. superficial, quick, slight, desultory; see careless 1 , superficial . See Synonym Study at superficial . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …
15cursory — cur|so|ry [ kɜrsəri ] adjective FORMAL quick and not thorough: BRIEF: A cursory examination did not reveal any problems …
16cursory — adjective quick and done without enough attention to details: After only a cursory glance he tore up the note. cursorily adverb …
17cursory — adjective a cursory inspection Syn: perfunctory, desultory, casual, superficial, token; hasty, quick, hurried, rapid, brief, passing, fleeting See note at superficial Ant: thorough …
18cursory — UK [ˈkɜː(r)sərɪ] / US [ˈkɜrsərɪ] adjective formal quick and not thorough A cursory examination did not reveal any problems …
19cursory — [ˈkɜːsəri] adj formal quick and not thorough Syn: superficial a cursory examination/search[/ex] …
20cursory — cur•so•ry [[t]ˈkɜr sə ri[/t]] adj. going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance[/ex] • Etymology: 1595–1605; < LL cursōrius running = L cur(rere) to run + sōrius, for tōrius tory I; cf. course… …
