| word | cursory |
|---|---|
| definition | Hastily and often carelessly done. |
| eg_sentence | Having spent the weekend going to parties, she had only given the chapter a cursory reading before class on Monday. |
| explanation | Unlike the other words in this section, cursory always implies speed. But it also stresses a lack of attention to detail. Cursory observations are generally shallow or superficial because of their speed. And when citizens complain about a cursory police investigation of a crime, they're distressed by its lack of thoroughness, not its speed. |
| IPA | ˈkərsəri |
Tags: mwvb::unit:4, mwvb::unit:4:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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