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cursory - Dictionary definition and meaning for cursory

CURSORY

  • (adj.) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

    "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws", "a passing glance", "perfunctory courtesy"

    synonyms : casual , passing , perfunctory

    Sine Ron was not too keen about the job, he attended the interview in a casual manner. -added by Aswathy_inlas

    The team made a cursory survey was hence unsuccessful in detecting the flaws in the project. -added by Aswathy_inlas

    He cast a perfunctory glance over the room before opening it for the guests. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for cursory

  • (Tag: ) relate it to the cursor on your computer screen..the mouse is used to move the cursor hastily without going into minor details

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  • (Tag: ) curs(CURSE)..SO you always CURSE a person who does his work hastily with little attention to details that you provide, results in failure of your plan.

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  • (Tag: Marathi) kasahi..(cursory). hastily done

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  • (Tag: Urdu) Sounds like Kar Sorry. When you do things hastily you end up in "Kar Sorry ab"

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  • (Tag: ) You know the meaning of cursive.Now,just remember this way.When do a teacher scolds a child to write in cursive wrting? When the child is causal in his writing or when he is hastily writing with little attention to detail.

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  • (Tag: ) cursory..sounds like nursey.imagine u were asked to prepare for nursery rhymes for interview...what will u do....u'll go hastily through it assuming u already know it

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  • (Tag: ) i am so SORY i did not pay attention to the details. now I am CURSing myself.

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