Word of the Day:
cursory
What It Means
Hasty or superficial.
Running about; not stationary.
A cursory view of the report revealed his egregious errors.
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).
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