CURSORY


Meaning of CURSORY in English

ˈkər]s(ə)rē, -ə̄], -əi|, -ri sometimes ]z(-\ adjective

Etymology: Late Latin cursorius of running

: rapidly often superficially performed with scant attention to detail : marked by hurried passing over or through something that invites exhaustive treatment : hasty

investigations were cursory to the point of being slapdash — Norman Moss

studied three months in a cursory fashion — C.G.Bowers

issued either no reports at all or only extremely cursory ones — John Brooks

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.