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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough;
- Example: "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
- Example: "a passing glance"
- Example: "perfunctory courtesy"
[syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cursory \Cur"so*ry\ (k?r"s?-r?), a. [L. cursorius, fr. cursor.
   See Cursor.]
   1. Running about; not stationary. [Obs.]
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   2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially
      performed; slight; superficial; careless.
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            Events far too important to be treated in a cursory
            manner.                               --Hallam.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cursory
    adj 1: 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, cursory,
           passing(a), perfunctory]