Associations to the word «Cursory»

Wiktionary

CURSORY, adjective. Hasty; superficial; careless
CURSORY, adjective. (obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

Dictionary definition

CURSORY, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca