cursorily
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sə adjective
going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article.
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cursory (ˈkɜːsərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| hasty and usually superficial; quick: a cursory check | |
| [C17: from Late Latin cursōrius of running, from Latin cursus a course, from currere to run] | |
| 'cursorily | |
| —adv | |
| 'cursoriness | |
| —n | |
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Cursorily
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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| cursory (ˈkɜːsərɪ) | |
| —adj | |
| hasty and usually superficial; quick: a cursory check | |
| [C17: from Late Latin cursōrius of running, from Latin cursus a course, from currere to run] | |
| 'cursorily | |
| —adv | |
| 'cursoriness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cursory
c.1600, from M.Fr. cursoire "rapid," from L.L. cursorius "of a race or running," from L. cursor "runner," from cursum, pp. of currere "to run" (see current).
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Example sentences
These were turned over to him immediately upon presentation of the warrant and were only cursorily scanned.
The doctor cursorily looked at the blistering rash and treated me for a migraine.
Some delicate but pressing issues were mentioned only cursorily.
Groundwater fluxes and storage changes are currently considered only cursorily, if at all, by climate monitoring networks.
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