Antonyms for cursory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kur-suh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr sə ri

Definition of cursory

Origin : c.1600, from Middle French cursoire "rapid," from Late Latin cursorius "hasty, of a race or running," from Latin curs-, past participle stem of currere "to run" (see current (adj.)).

adj casual, hasty

Example sentences :

He who writes for cursory reading is wise if he writes cursorily.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

To give more than a cursory description of our impressions is impossible.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

Desmond made a cursory tour of the walls and passed on into the second room.
Extract from : « Captain Desmond, V.C. » by Maud Diver

Hastings stood up, his first, cursory examination concluded.
Extract from : « No Clue » by James Hay

After a cursory examination he rose to his feet and pulled Mart up also.
Extract from : « The Pirate Shark » by Elliott Whitney

Still our captain was not a man to quit the spot after so cursory an inspection.
Extract from : « Captain Mugford » by W.H.G. Kingston

After a cursory look at the boy, she smiled at him and went back to work.
Extract from : « Stopover » by William Gerken

To cursory view, John Loveday seemed to accomplish this with amazing ease.
Extract from : « The Trumpet-Major » by Thomas Hardy

The coffee house must not be dismissed with a cursory mention.
Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

He gave them a cursory glance, and then his chair turned to pins.
Extract from : « Black Oxen » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Synonyms for cursory

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