ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCcursory
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cursory
Meaning: done quickly with little attention to detail
cursory in a sentence
How cursory is used in real sentences:
A cursory glance at the map was not enough to find the trail.
His cursory inspection missed the crack in the glass.
“At one twenty, Mira discovered that a cursory afternoon inventory had counted two empty flour sacks as full ones.”
— from the passage Before Sunrise
Synonyms for cursory
Other words for cursory — hasty, superficial and shallow — carry the same meaning.
- hasty
- superficial
- shallow
Antonyms of cursory
Words that mean the opposite of cursory:
- thorough
- careful
Where it comes from
From Latin cursorius, meaning 'running' or 'hasty.'
Word parts
- curr/curs — run, flow
cursory: curs (run) + -ory (relating to)
Memory hook
Cursory sounds like cursor; a cursor can skim quickly across a page.