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cursory(dictionary)

cursory (iou)



cursory adjective. E17.
[Latin cursorius, formed as CURSOR: see -ORY2.]
Passing rapidly over a thing or subject; hasty, hurried; superficial. E17.
T. Hardy Since he could not call at her father's..cursory encounters..were what the acquaintance would have to feed on. E. F. Benson The whole place, as could be seen at the most cursory glance, had been laid out with skill and care.
Travelling. rare. E-M17.
Hist. Designating informal lectures at medieval universities given, esp. by bachelors, in addition to the prescribed lectures by authorized teachers. M19.
cursorily adverb hastily, superficially E17.
cursoriness noun E18.