English - Turkish
Definition of cursory in English Turkish dictionary
- üstünkörü
- üstün körü
- baştansavma
- acele
- gelişigüzel
- a cursory glance göz gezdirme
- {s} baştan savma
- çabucak
- dikkatsizce yapılan
- bir bakışta
- cursorily gelişigüzel olarak
- aceleye gelen
- gelişi güzel
- cursorily
- aceleyle
- cursorily
- üstünkörü bir şekilde
- cursoriness
- {i} üstünkörülük
- cursoriness
- {i} baştan savmalık
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English - English
Definition of cursory in English English dictionary
- Brief or broad; not close, cautious, nor detailed
Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
- rapid and superficial
- {a} hasty, quick, careless, slight
- brief or broad; not close, cautious or detailed
- Running about; not stationary
- {s} superficial, perfunctory, brief, hasty
- 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"
- A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail. Burke cast a cursory glance at the menu, then flapped it shut = perfunctory. done very quickly without much attention to details cursory glance/look (cursorius , from currere; CURRENT)
- Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless
- cursorily
- {a} hastily, without care, slightly
- cursoriness
- {n} slight attention, carelessness
- cursorily
- In a cursory manner
- cursorily
- In a running or hasty manner; carelessly
- cursorily
- without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine"
- cursorily
- without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine
- cursorily
- rapidly, quickly, hastily
- cursoriness
- {i} quality of being hasty and superficial
- cursoriness
- The state of being cursory
- cursoriness
- The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view
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cursory
Hyphenation
cur·so·ryTurkish pronunciation
kırsıriSynonyms
brief, careless, depthless, desultory, fast, half-assed, half-baked, haphazard, hit or miss, hurried, offhand, passing, perfunctory, quick, randomPronunciation
/ˈkərsərē/ /ˈkɜrsɜriː/
Etymology
[ 'k&rs-rE, 'k&r-s&- ] (adjective.) 1601. Late Latin cursorius of running, from Latin currere.Resimler
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