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English Dictionary: cursory	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cursory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cursory adj 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" Synonym(s): casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cursory \Cur"sory\ (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.