cursory (adj.)

hasty and not thorough

Examples

• A cursory glance.

Key rules

• Cursory means hasty and not thorough
• A cursory glance, a cursory check
• Cursorily is the adverb

Common mistakes

• A cursory of glance → A cursory glance
• He checked cursory → He checked cursorily

Use cases

• Describing quick checks
• Describing reviews
• Discussing reading