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Definition of Cursorily
1. Adverb. Without taking pains. "He looked cursorily through the magazine"
Definition of Cursorily
1. adv. In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.
Definition of Cursorily
1. Adverb. In a cursory manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cursorily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cursorily
Literary usage of Cursorily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1852)
"A., of the thirteenth century, agrees with the Constantinopolitan recension, and
was cursorily collated. 64. The CODEX REGIUS 281. was also brought from ..."
2. Educational Psychology by Edward Lee Thorndike (1910)
"APPENDIX II LIST AND DESCRIPTIONS OF MEASUREMENTS REFERRED TO cursorily IN THB
A Test: Marking A's. TEXT A sheet printed with capital letters, ..."
3. The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States by United States Dept. of State, Francis Wharton, John Bassett Moore (1889)
"... aud for suggesting thoughts so unworthy of your attention, and so badly
expressed in a language which I have but cursorily learnt. ..."
4. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1803)
"... are drawn with spirit and precision: but the sources of many of the
events, .which might even now be safely traced, are passed over too cursorily. ..."
5. A Text-book of medicine for students and practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Frederick Cheever Shattuck (1887)
"family than to the physician, who has not known the patient before, and sees him
only cursorily, but it can usually easily be confirmed on a somewhat more ..."
6. The Diary of William Bentley: Pastor of the East Church, Salem, Massachusetts by William Bentley, Joseph Gilbert Waters, Marguerite Dalrymple, Alice G. Waters, Essex Institute (1907)
"In reviewing Books cursorily find the following Statement accurate enough to
advance as the State of our Society. About 233 is the whole number of persons ..."
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