Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cursory; running over slightly or in haste.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Running over slightly or in haste;
cursory .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Anyways -what the hell page does the NYT- run this on-and I gave it a percursory run through and I don't see the US territory status of Coco Solo mentioned once.
Who will determine whether John McCain is a "natural-born citizen," qualified for the presidency? Ann Althouse 2008
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Accompanied by Adam Ferguson, he visited on this occasion some of the finest districts of Stirlingshire and Perthshire; and not in the percursory manner of his more boyish expeditions, but taking up his residence for a week or ten days in succession at the family residences of several of his young allies of _the Mountain_, and from thence familiarizing himself at leisure with the country and the people round about.
Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) 1824
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