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cur·so·ry
 cursory
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- pronunciation:
- kuhr
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
done quickly and without care; superficial.
The symptoms were so clear that even a cursory examination of the patient would have resulted in a confident diagnosis.He'd only given the report a cursory glance and was therefore not prepared to discuss it.- synonyms:
- hasty, perfunctory, superficial
- antonyms:
- painstaking, serious, thorough
- similar words:
- careless, casual, desultory, discursive, halfhearted, hurried, precipitate, quick, shallow, slapdash, summary
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| related words: |
casual, cavalier, hasty, negligent, sketchy |
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| derivations: |
cursorily (adv.), cursoriness (n.) |
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