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cursory::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial |
a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws.
Examples of cursory
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Trying to tackle each of them in about 20 minutes or so often feels too cursory.
From the thenewstribune.com
A cursory look at several recent polls shows that too often they are travesties.
From the economist.com
They have a cursory look at my driving licence, then ask me to select my weapon.
From the independent.co.uk
And what parent wouldn't second that emotion, armed with the same cursory facts?
From the freep.com
A cursory glance at the statistics in Chambers Student could have told you that.
From the guardian.co.uk
The reasons for detainment in the summaries often are brief and cursory at best.
From the nytimes.com
Few are more respected, and even a cursory glance at their catalogs explains why.
From the courier-journal.com
We reached a corner near the petrol station and Ali made a few cursory inquiries.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Records from the hearings show that only a cursory effort was made to reach them.
From the nytimes.com
- Casual: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
- (cursorily) without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine"
- Brief or broad; not close, cautious, nor detailed
- Short, hasty, not thoroughly done
- (adj.) brief to the point of being superficial (Late for the meeting, she cast a cursory glance at the agenda.)
