cursorily
- a word derived from cursory.
Example Sentences
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Yang added in a repost that he “should not have cursorily weighed in on this” and vowed to use his platform “responsibly.”
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
He cursorily scanned the environmental damage and demanded the tractor keys, which the Ashaninka handed over.
From Scientific American • May 23, 2022
The antiquated term seems a counterpoint to the men onstage, who can’t be easily, cursorily or collectively defined.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
And there’s one subject that he deals with cursorily at the very end, but that was of the greatest importance in the second part of the century: the growth of organized games.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2018
I noticed these objects cursorily only—in them there was nothing extraordinary.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
