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cursory

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/ (UK)
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/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/ (UK) · /ˈkɜːs.ɹi/ (UK) · /ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi/ (US) · /ˈkɝːs.ɹi/ (US) · /ˈkɵː.sɘ.ɹi/ · /ˈkɵːs.ɹi/

Definition of cursory

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Hasty or superficial.
    “cursory glance”
    “A cursory view of the report revealed his egregious errors.”
    “Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.”
    “But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.”
    “She accepted these terms, and slid off on the near side, though not till he had stolen a cursory kiss.”
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adj

  1. Hasty or superficial.
    “cursory glance”
    “A cursory view of the report revealed his egregious errors.”
    “Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.”
    “But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.”
    “She accepted these terms, and slid off on the near side, though not till he had stolen a cursory kiss.”
  2. Careless or desultory.
    “The cursory inspection missed several irregularities.”
  3. (obsolete)Running about; not stationary.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).

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