adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cursory examination (= very quick and not careful or detailed )
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Even a cursory examination of the documents would reveal some serious problems.
a cursory glance (= a very quick look without much attention to details )
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I cast a cursory glance over the clothes.
a cursory inspection formal (= a very quick and not very careful inspection )
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He made only a cursory inspection of the truck.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
examination
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After a cursory examination , he turned to me and said that we must get the boy to hospital quickly.
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Because, on a cursory examination , I would say that is what you've got.
glance
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A cursory glance at the literature in this field reveals the importance of suspicions concerning gossiping groups of women.
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Even the most cursory glance showed me the crowd did look awfully grand.
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He gave us a cursory glance , then resumed his watch on the highway.
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Consequently, that child may be studying with a teacher who has given only a cursory glance at these spiraled curriculum guides.
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Patients and workers alike gave the Governor and his visitors only cursory glances .
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A busy place at which most tourists cast no more than a cursory glance and pass on.
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Nevertheless, changes constantly occur as is shown by a cursory glance at the development of local government services in Britain.
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Even a cursory glance is enough to show that Picasso had several changes of mind while he was working on the canvas.
inspection
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Under Leonore's eagle eye he had examined the suddenly produced delivery note and made only a cursory inspection of the truck.
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A huge and implausible fiction - yes, but I dipped in for cursory inspection .
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It would be impossible to find out its true value from a cursory inspection , she said.
look
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Yet a cursory look at these systems reveals that in practice the police still influence the process greatly.
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He takes a cursory look inside, then hurries back to the cabin.
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A cursory look at behavior in organizations suggests that Machiavelli is still active among us, doling out advice.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A cursory perusal of my file of pupils' pursuits in both primary and secondary schools shows similar experiences and reflections.
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After a cursory search the carrier was waved through.
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Even the most cursory glance showed me the crowd did look awfully grand.
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He placed her letter, typewritten on white paper and cursory , to one side.
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He takes a cursory look inside, then hurries back to the cabin.
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None the less, a cursory review of the facts should ease their agitation.
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Police arrived within minutes and conducted a cursory search of the property.
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Was it what they used to call love, that cursory groping devoid of excitement?