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Meanings of cursorily in English

Spanish
apresuradamente

Without taking pains.

apresuradamente
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Examples for "quickly"
Examples for "quickly"
1
This year, however, Woods quickly dispatched the problem in a few days.
Rock and Ice Magazine
2
Dixon thought quickly; no questions about Bertrand's possible partner must be asked.
Lucky Jim
3
Understand the current financial position: The ability to respond quickly is essential.
Independent.ie
4
He said the government wanted Transmission Gully completed as quickly as possible.
Radio NZ
5
Medical professionals express concern that the health system will be quickly overwhelmed.
Reuters
Usage of cursorily in English
1
He who writes for cursory reading is wise if he writes cursorily.
The Slave of the Lamp
2
A gentleman-sweet vision!-shotby to the editor's door, without even looking cursorily.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
3
Nine worlds out of eight thousand or more worlds explored-howevercursorily-sincethe Hegira.
The Hyperion Cantos
4
Examine it cursorily as far as the modern statue of Gambetta.
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 / France and the Net...
5
They glanced cursorily at the pictures, and proceeded to the band-stand.
Jude the Obscure
6
I noticed these objects cursorily only-inthem there was nothing extraordinary.
Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
7
He could not prevail upon himself even cursorily to mention the word separation.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
8
He examined the group cursorily, then seemed to make some kind of pronouncement.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
9
Men passed her, hither and yonder, cursorily noticing the presence of a woman.
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
10
All these difficulties are well known, therefore I refer to them only cursorily.
The Jewish State
11
Yet even he leaves many points untouched, or cursorily disposed of.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884
12
Shortly before the passengers arrived, the ship was cursorily inspected.
Essays of Travel
13
These are not minor achievements and cannot be cursorily dismissed.
The Irish Times
14
The women looked at her, not curiously, or with compassion or disgust, but cursorily.
Nights in London
15
Emelyan glanced upwards at Yegorushka, too, but coldly and cursorily.
The Bishop and Other Stories
16
You mention cursorily some new programme-form concerning which "you rather flatter yourself."
Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 / from Rome to the End
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Cursorily through the time
Cursorily across language varieties
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