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cursorary

cursorary adjective: cursory; hasty.

Adjective

cursorary (comparative more cursorary, superlative most cursorary)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) cursory; hasty
    • with a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Forms of cursorary

comparativemore cursorary
superlativemost cursorary

Questions about cursorary

What does cursorary mean?
Cursorary means cursory; hasty.
What part of speech is cursorary?
Cursorary is an adjective.

Words near cursorary in the dictionary

  1. cursivity
  2. cursivization
  3. cursor
  4. cursor key
  5. cursor keys
  6. cursorary
  7. cursored
  8. cursorial
  9. cursorialism
  10. cursorialist
  11. cursorialists

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