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Definition of: cursory

(kûrsər·ē) adjective
Rapid and superficial; hasty. Also Obs. cur·so·rar·y (kûrsə·rer′ē). [<LL cursorius pertaining to running <cursor a runner <currere run]
—cur′so·ri·ly
adverb
—cur′so·ri·ness
noun
Synonyms: careless, desultory, hasty, slight, superficial. Antonyms: careful, critical, elaborate, exhaustive, minute, painstaking, thorough.

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"cursory" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on en.wikipedia.org.

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