Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cursory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cursory \Cur"so*ry\ (k?r"s?-r?), a. [L. cursorius, fr. cursor.
See {Cursor}.]
1. Running about; not stationary. [Obs.]
2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially
performed; slight; superficial; careless.
Events far too important to be treated in a cursory
manner. --Hallam.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cursory
adj : hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a
casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the
house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance";
"perfunctory courtesy" [syn: {casual}, {passing(a)}, {perfunctory}]
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