cursory
Adjective Satellite
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
Adj
- Hasty or superficial.
- Careless or desultory.
- Running about; not stationary.
Adjective
- Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed.
Examples
- A CURSORY glance at the Scrabble board might miss a high-scoring triple word opportunity.
- cursory glance
- Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
- The cursory inspection missed several irregularities.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).
Synonyms
casual, passing, perfunctory, afoot, animate, astir, careless, cursory, derelict, dynamic, expeditious, express, fast, feverish, fleet, fleeting, greased lightning, hasty, hectic, hectical, heedless, hyperactive, immediate, in motion, irregardless, irrespective, lightning fast, mobile, moving, negligent, nimble, on the move, on the wing, post haste, precipitant, quick, quick as a flash, quicksome, rapid, reckless, regardless, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, speedful, speedy, spit-spot, swift, tripsome, under sail, unfaithful, unmethodical, unstill, zippy
Scrabble Score: 12
cursory: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcursory: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cursory: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary