cursory

Meaning

  1. Hasty or superficial.
  2. Careless or desultory.
  3. (obsolete) Running about; not stationary.

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
cur‧so‧ry
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).

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