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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cursory \Cur"so*ry\ (k?r"s?-r?), a. [L. cursorius, fr. cursor.
     See Cursor.]
     1. Running about; not stationary. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially
        performed; slight; superficial; careless.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Events far too important to be treated in a cursory
              manner.                               --Hallam.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ 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]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cursory
     a.
     1 hasty or superficial
     2 careless or desultory
     3 (lb en obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cursory
     a.
     1 hasty or superficial
     2 careless or desultory
     3 (lb en obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cursory
     a.
     1 hasty or superficial
     2 careless or desultory
     3 (lb en obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cursory
     a.
     1 hasty or superficial
     2 careless or desultory
     3 (lb en obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cursory
     Englanti a.
     ylimalkainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cursory
     Engelska a.
     hastig, flyktig; ytlig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/
  سريع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cursory //ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi// //ˈkɜːs.ɹi// //ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi// //ˈkɝːs.ɹi// //ˈkɵː.sɘ.ɹi// //ˈkɵːs.ɹi// 
  бегъл, повърхностен
  hasty, superficial, careless

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/ 
  zběžný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/ 
  povrchní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/
   [formal] oberflächlich, flüchtig, kursorisch  [geh.]
        "a cursory inspection of the electrical wiring"  - eine oberflächliche Überprüfung der elektrischen Leitungen
        "a cursory treatment of the subject"  - eine kursorische Behandlung des Themas

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/
  
  απρόσεκτος, βιαστικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  cursory //ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi// //ˈkɜːs.ɹi// //ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi// //ˈkɝːs.ɹi// //ˈkɵː.sɘ.ɹi// //ˈkɵːs.ɹi// 
  kursorinen, pikainen, pintapuolinen
  hasty, superficial, careless

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/ 
  1. सरसरी~से~किया~हुआ
        "Give a cursory look into the matter"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/
  dosta tečan, letimičan, površan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/
  1. futólagos
  2. felületes

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  cursory //ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi// //ˈkɜːs.ɹi// //ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi// //ˈkɝːs.ɹi// //ˈkɵː.sɘ.ɹi// //ˈkɵːs.ɹi// 
  flyktig, ytlig, hastig
  hasty, superficial, careless

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  cursory /kˈɜːsəɹi/
  1. gelişigüzel, aceleye gelen, dikkatsizce yapılan. cursorily  gelişigüzel olarak, bir bakışta, çabucak. a cursory glance göz gezdirme.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈkɝsɝi/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  117 Moby Thesaurus words for "cursory":
     airy, ankle-deep, at odds, averse, brief, careless, casual, degage,
     depthless, desultory, differing, disagreeing, disinclined,
     disobedient, disregardant, disregardful, easygoing, epidermal,
     expeditious, fast, festinate, feverish, few, flippant, flying,
     footling, forced, forgetful, fractious, free and easy, furious,
     haphazard, hasty, heedless, hurried, immediate, inconsequential,
     inconsiderable, inconsiderate, indifferent, indisposed, indocile,
     insignificant, insouciant, instant, involuntary, jejune, knee-deep,
     last-minute, lazy, light, little, low, meager, miniature, mutinous,
     negligible, no great shakes, not deep, oblivious, offhand,
     on the spot, on the surface, opposed, passing, perfunctory, petty,
     picayune, picayunish, prompt, quick, random, rapid, recalcitrant,
     reckless, refractory, regardless, resistant, respectless, shallow,
     shallow-rooted, shoal, short, sketchy, skin-deep, slap-bang,
     slapdash, slight, small, snap, speedy, sulky, sullen, summary,
     superficial, surface, swift, tactless, thin, thoughtless, tiny,
     trifling, trivial, unconsenting, uncritical, undiplomatic,
     unheedful, unheeding, unmindful, unprepared, unprofound, unready,
     unsolicitous, untactful, unthinking, unwilling, urgent

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 匆匆忙忙的,草率的,粗略的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 匆匆忙忙的,草率的,粗略的

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