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This means done in haste and carelessly. Here are some sentences.She gave the textbook a cursory glance.He did a cursory sweep of the roomMy cursory work got me a bad grade.
Her essay about boats was very cursory. This sentence works because cursory means that something is not detailed or very thorough.
Cursory means superficial and the synonyms for this adjective are: brief, careless, desultory, offhand, etc.
"I didn't make a careful and complete examination, just a quick cursory glance"
A cursory glance at this question tells me yes.
The doctor only gave me a cursory examination.
She only gave the clothes a cursory look knowing she couldn't afford them. The word cursory is an adjective. You could also use the word casual.
I was not spell-checking, I was only giving the article a cursory examination.
No. The word cursory means brief, hasty, or perfunctory, as in a cursory inspection.The word avid means enthusiastic, zealous, or highly interested.The two words are not exactly antonyms either, although cursory can suggest indifference or disinterest, the opposite of an avid interest.
The root word of "cursory" is "cursor," which comes from the Latin word "cursor" meaning runner or messenger.
Sherlock Holmes made a cursory search of the bedroom before going into the dinning room to question the family.