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cursory
done quickly with little attention to detail
Synonyms
- hasty
- superficial
- shallow
Antonyms
- thorough
- careful
cursory in a sentence
A cursory glance at the map was not enough to find the trail.
His cursory inspection missed the crack in the glass.
Where it comes from
From Latin cursorius, meaning 'running' or 'hasty.'
Memory hook
Cursory sounds like cursor; a cursor can skim quickly across a page.
Word parts
- curr/curs — run, flow
cursory: curs (run) + -ory (relating to)
Read it in context
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