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Definition of Cursoriness
1. n. The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.
Definition of Cursoriness
1. Noun. The state of being cursory ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cursoriness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cursoriness
Literary usage of Cursoriness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1875)
"I only notice one, as being an important evidence of the haste and cursoriness
already referred to. My critic is shocked to find " the Phoenician alphabet ..."
2. The Bookman (1896)
"Still, notwithstanding the comparative cursoriness with which these interesting
phases of New Orleans life are treated, in order, no doubt, to make room for ..."
3. Papers of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1910)
"No one acquianted with the cursoriness of the Maya Manuscripts will be surprised
that among 138 numbers I have declared 21 to be wrong. ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1847)
"Let us, then, (my dear Sir,) eschewing cursoriness, take due care that the first
gallery is hung with real rudiments. I remain, dear Sir, The Rev. ..."
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