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Adjective(1) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough, or cursory(2) hasty and without attention to detail(3) not thorough(4) casual(5) hasty

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(1) They don't throw me even so much as the most cursory glance, before deciding that I'm too old for their club night.(2) It moved to cross the road, and gave a cursory glance left, then right, then stepped out into oblivion.(3) He gave the crowded room a quick cursory glance, and spotted the uniforms in the corner.(4) At a cursory glance 150,000 euro seems an awful lot of money to pay for one acre.(5) A cursory glance through the annals of history will prove this beyond doubt.(6) A cursory glance at a Greek concordance will quickly show that Mary is never spoken of in this way.(7) Even a cursory glance at the business news illustrates what he means.(8) The fibre doors flap in the stiff wind; a cursory glance is enough to tell me the toilets are yet to be used.(9) At a cursory glance it is clear to see the potential of such a handsome space.(10) Plus, a cursory glance across the water shows that difficulties with stadiums are far from being unique to Ireland.(11) Novelty bands are ten a penny, as even the most cursory glance at the charts on either side of the Atlantic will show you.(12) A cursory glance at the headlines suggests he has more interviews to conduct before anybody starts to believe him.(13) Just a cursory glance at the brochure gives an idea of the immense undertaking this is.(14) Believe it or not, there wasn't a single piece worth more than a cursory glance.(15) This sounds more like something one of her characters might say than the evidence of even the most cursory glance in the mirror.(16) What I couldn't understand were the others who gave the news pictures a cursory glance, and then went back to work.
Synonyms
Adjective
1. perfunctory
2. desultory
3. casual
4. superficial
5. token
6. sketchy
7. half-done
8. incomplete
9. hasty
10. quick
11. hurried
12. rapid
13. brief
14. passing


📺 Word Example from TV Shows

All right. Based on a cursory reading,
it doesn't look like...

All right. Based on a CURSORY reading, it doesn't look like...

The Big Bang Theory Season 4, Episode 21


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