cursory

1. 1.

   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”

   “In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory”

   Synonymscasualpassingperfunctorysuperficial

   Similarcareless

Questions about cursory

What does cursory mean?

cursory means "hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough".

How many syllables are in cursory?

cursory has 3 syllables: cur-so-ry. The stress falls on "cur". In IPA it is /ˈkɝsɚi/.

What is another word for cursory?

Close synonyms include casual, passing, perfunctory, superficial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cursory a common word?

cursory is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.