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Cursory definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURSORY, a. [L. See Course.]
1. Running; hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not with close attention; as a cursory reading; a cursory view.
2. Running about; not stationary.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory]

Merriam Webster's

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 adverb • cursoriness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. hasty, hurried (a cursory glance). Derivatives: cursorily adv. cursoriness n. Etymology: L cursorius of a runner (as CURSOR)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cursory Cur"so*ry (k?r"s?-r?), a. [L. cursorius, fr. cursor. See Cursor.] 1. Running about; not stationary. [Obs.] 2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless. Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner. --Hallam.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail. Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut... = perfunctory ADJ: ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Hasty, slight, superficial, careless, desultory, transient, passing, brief.

Moby Thesaurus

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