Cursorily
['kɝsərɪli]
Definition
(adv.) without taking pains; 'he looked cursorily through the magazine'.
Checked by Bonnie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.
Typist: Shelby
Examples
- The distant light which Eustacia had cursorily observed in leaving the house came, as she had divined, from the cottage window of Susan Nunsuch. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We have looked at the city belle; we have cursorily glanced at the respectable old uncle and aunt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I noticed these objects cursorily only--in them there was nothing extraordinary. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Typist: Shelby