cursory
adjective
going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial.
cursorily
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a word derived from
cursory.
Example Sentences
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The asking price—$39 per square foot, per year—looked like a bargain when compared cursorily to other available office space in the neighborhood listed online.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
Unfortunately, a number of topics are mentioned only very cursorily, no doubt in part because of the limitations of space in a book so heavy on illustrations.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2022
He cursorily scanned the environmental damage and demanded the tractor keys, which the Ashaninka handed over.
From Scientific American ● May 23, 2022
He swiftly switched out the first slide for the second, and then glanced at it cursorily.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
