cursory
adjective /ˈkɜːsəri/
/ˈkɜːrsəri/
(often disapproving)- done quickly and without giving enough attention to details synonym brief, perfunctory
- a cursory glance/examination/inspection
- He gave the report a rather cursory look.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCursory is used with these nouns:- check
- examination
- glance
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin cursorius ‘of a runner’, from cursor ‘ runner’, from curs- ‘run’, from the verb currere.