Cursory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Performed with haste and scant attention to detail: a cursory glance at the headlines.
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  • adj. hasty; superficial; careless
  • adj. Running about; not stationary.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Running about; not stationary.
  • adj. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Running about; not stationary.
  • In entomology, adapted for running, as the feet of many terrestrial beetles; cursorial.
  • Hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not exercising or receiving close attention: as, a cursory reader; a cursory view.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
    • Equivalent
    careless   
    Cross Reference
    careless    superficial    discursive    cursory lectures    cursory bachelor   
    Form
    cursoriness    cursorily   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    slight    superficial    careless    passing    transient   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    anniversary    nursery   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    in-depth    perfunctory    desultory    hasty    halfhearted   
     
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