Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough.
1 Already it is clear from cursory observation that public behaviour is changing.
2 There's a cursory reference to poverty in the Tory general election manifesto.
3 Still, a cursory look at his life does suggest one possible scenario.
4 I found nothing obvious, but wasn't particularly reassured by the cursory exam.
5 During her arrival, she had only given the chamber a cursory scan.
6 After a cursory back-story flashback, Amazing Spider-Man 2 swings right into action.
7 Not foolproof by any means, but sufficient to pass a cursory inspection.
8 A few cursory arm swings-nothingto get the heart and lungs working.
9 A cursory glance around the nearby shelves told Albus quite a lot.
10 This much is evident from a cursory inspection of the fossil record.
11 Here is a sample drawn from a cursory glance at the programme.
12 A cursory glance about the stacks proved the room to be empty.
13 There is one tributary of the Orontes which deserves a cursory mention.
14 It took him six hours to give them all a cursory check.
15 But his appreciation of that sweetness was just now cursory and indirect.
16 The men gave Marta a cursory glance before returning to their conversations.
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