What is another word for cursory?
1686 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈɜːsəɹˌi], [ kˈɜːsəɹˌi], [ k_ˈɜː_s_ə_ɹ_ˌi]
When describing something done quickly and without attention to detail, the word "cursory" may come to mind. However, there are several synonyms that can be used interchangeably with this term. For instance, the word "perfunctory" describes something that is done as a matter of routine and without effort to improve it. "Hasty" implies an act is done hastily or without proper care, while "superficial" suggests that something is shallow or lacking in depth. "Rushed" and "brief" are additional synonyms for "cursory" that can be used to describe something done quickly and without sufficient time or effort.
Synonyms for Cursory:
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adj.
• facile • hasty • rough • shallow • transient- Flitting ,
- brief ,
- changeable ,
- ephemeral ,
- evanescent ,
- fading ,
- fickle ,
- flickering ,
- impermanent ,
- instantaneous ,
- mortal ,
- mutable ,
- restless ,
- rootless ,
- shifting ,
- short-lived ,
- short-term ,
- temporal ,
- temporary ,
- transient ,
- transitory ,
- volatile .
- dis regardful ,
- dis-regardful ,
- in accurate ,
- in advertent ,
- in cautious ,
- in considerate ,
- in different ,
- in discreet ,
- in judicious ,
- in-accurate ,
- in-advertent ,
- in-cautious ,
- in-considerate ,
- in-different ,
- in-discreet ,
- in-judicious ,
- indolent ,
- injudicious ,
- lax ,
- more napping ,
- more pococurante ,
- more uncircumspect ,
- more unreflective ,
- most napping ,
- most pococurante ,
- most uncircumspect ,
- most unreflective ,
- napping ,
- un circumspect ,
- un concerned ,
- un guarded ,
- un heeding ,
- un mindful ,
- un observant ,
- un reflective ,
- un thinking ,
- un-circumspect ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-guarded ,
- un-heeding ,
- un-mindful ,
- un-observant ,
- un-reflective ,
- un-thinking ,
- unguarded .
- down home ,
- folksy ,
- in curious ,
- in formal ,
- in-curious ,
- in-formal ,
- laidback ,
- lowpressure ,
- more low pressure ,
- more low-pressure ,
- more lowpressure ,
- most low pressure ,
- most low-pressure ,
- most lowpressure ,
- re-mote ,
- un fussier ,
- un fussiest ,
- un fussy ,
- un interested ,
- un-fussier ,
- un-fussiest ,
- un-fussy ,
- un-interested ,
- unfussier ,
- unfussiest ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- auto mated ,
- auto-mated ,
- in voluntary ,
- in-voluntary ,
- machine driven ,
- machinedriven ,
- more laborsaving ,
- more machine driven ,
- more machine-driven ,
- more machinedriven ,
- more programmed ,
- most laborsaving ,
- most machine driven ,
- most machine-driven ,
- most machinedriven ,
- most programmed ,
- stereo typed ,
- un changing ,
- un conscious ,
- un feeling ,
- un-changing ,
- un-conscious .
- flashing ,
- gone flash ,
- in wink an eye ,
- in wink eye ,
- in wink of eye ,
- like lightning ,
- more flashing ,
- most flashing ,
- most shifting .
- asleep switch ,
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- in-attentive ,
- more discinct ,
- more unheedful ,
- most discinct ,
- most unheedful ,
- un heedful ,
- un-heedful .
- Expeditive ,
- ex press ,
- ex-press ,
- lead out ,
- more expeditive ,
- most expeditive ,
- post haste ,
- post-haste ,
- quickest .
- boiled down ,
- in nutshell ,
- more breviloquent ,
- more compacted ,
- more compendiary ,
- more recapped ,
- more rehashed ,
- more run through ,
- more run-through ,
- more runthrough ,
- most breviloquent ,
- most compacted ,
- most compendiary ,
- most recapped ,
- most rehashed ,
- most run through ,
- most run-through ,
- most runthrough ,
- re capped ,
- re hashed ,
- re-capped ,
- re-hashed ,
- recapped ,
- runthrough ,
- short sweet .
Other synonyms:
- uncritical .
- sketchy .
Other relevant words:
- abandon ,
- abbreviate ,
- abbreviated ,
- abject ,
- abridge ,
- abruptly ,
- absentminded ,
- absentmindedly ,
- abstemious ,
- abstractedly ,
- act ,
- actuate ,
- ad-lib ,
- addled ,
- adolescent ,
- aerial ,
- aeriform ,
- aerofoil ,
- aery ,
- aflicker ,
- agile ,
- ailing ,
- aired ,
- airfoil ,
- airheaded ,
- alight ,
- all right ,
- alternate ,
- angered ,
- angry ,
- antipathetic ,
- antipathetical ,
- anyway ,
- apace ,
- aplomb ,
- approximate range ,
- approximative ,
- aspersion ,
- assuredness ,
- at any rate ,
- attenuation ,
- automated ,
- automatic pistol ,
- automatic rifle ,
- automatonlike ,
- avocation ,
- babble ,
- babble out ,
- bad-tempered ,
- baggy ,
- ball ,
- bang ,
- bantam ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- bare ,
- baseball swing ,
- baseless ,
- befuddled ,
- behind ,
- belittled ,
- betray ,
- bit ,
- blab ,
- blab out ,
- bland ,
- bleary ,
- blink of an eye ,
- blinker ,
- blithely ,
- blizzard ,
- blot ,
- blue ,
- blue-belly ,
- blunt ,
- blur ,
- blurred ,
- blurry ,
- boggy ,
- bolt ,
- brainish ,
- break down ,
- breeze ,
- brightness ,
- brightness level ,
- brim over ,
- bring down ,
- broken ,
- bruiser ,
- brumous ,
- brush ,
- brusk ,
- bubbling ,
- bubbly ,
- bull through ,
- bull's eye ,
- bullshit ,
- bumpy ,
- bundle ,
- burn ,
- bust ,
- busy ,
- by-line ,
- calorie-free ,
- candy ,
- carefree ,
- carelessness ,
- cast ,
- catch ,
- catch some z's ,
- center ,
- centering ,
- centre ,
- cernuous ,
- chance ,
- change ,
- change over ,
- changeful ,
- chatoyant ,
- cheat ,
- cheat on ,
- chevalier ,
- child's play ,
- chill ,
- choleric ,
- cinch ,
- clamant ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- clear sailing ,
- click ,
- close together ,
- coat ,
- cold shoulder ,
- cold-shoulder ,
- come close ,
- come down ,
- come on ,
- come out ,
- come up ,
- comfortable ,
- command prompt ,
- compact car ,
- compendious ,
- compress ,
- concordat ,
- conflicting ,
- constrained ,
- constrict ,
- contemn ,
- contiguous ,
- continuous tense ,
- contract ,
- contradictory ,
- control surface ,
- conventional ,
- convulsive ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- cop ,
- copper ,
- cosmopolitan ,
- courtly ,
- covenant ,
- cozy ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- crack ,
- cracking ,
- cranky ,
- crap ,
- crazy ,
- cream ,
- cream off ,
- cross ,
- crude oil ,
- crushed ,
- crying ,
- cuckold ,
- cue ,
- curt ,
- curtly ,
- curve ,
- cushy ,
- cut back ,
- cut down ,
- cut of meat ,
- cut off ,
- cuticular ,
- cutting ,
- cutting off ,
- dalliance ,
- dally ,
- daredevil ,
- dark ,
- daub ,
- dawdling ,
- day by day ,
- day-after-day ,
- day-by-day ,
- day-to-day ,
- dazed ,
- dead ,
- deadly ,
- deafen ,
- dean swift ,
- deathly ,
- debauched ,
- decorative ,
- defend ,
- degenerate ,
- degraded ,
- deletion ,
- delinquent ,
- demented ,
- departure ,
- depleted ,
- depressed ,
- depression ,
- derelict ,
- dermal ,
- detached ,
- digress ,
- dilute ,
- dim ,
- diminished ,
- diminutive ,
- dinky ,
- dinner dress ,
- dinner gown ,
- discharge ,
- disconnected ,
- disdain ,
- dismount ,
- dispirited ,
- disregard ,
- disregarding ,
- disregardless ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- disturbed ,
- disuse ,
- divagate ,
- dogshit ,
- done for ,
- dotty ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- dreamfully ,
- drift ,
- drooping ,
- drop ,
- drumhead ,
- duck soup ,
- earnest ,
- earth's surface ,
- earthy ,
- easily ,
- ecumenical ,
- edit ,
- edit out ,
- effervescent ,
- effervescing ,
- efflorescence ,
- elasticity ,
- electric switch ,
- electrical switch ,
- elementary ,
- eloquent ,
- emasculated ,
- empty-bellied ,
- empty-headed ,
- enhancive ,
- enraged ,
- epidermic ,
- episodic ,
- erratic ,
- estimate ,
- eternal rest ,
- eternal sleep ,
- ethereal ,
- evacuate ,
- evening gown ,
- evident ,
- exchange ,
- excision ,
- exhibitionist ,
- exigent ,
- exit ,
- expiration ,
- explosive ,
- extemporaneous ,
- extemporary ,
- extempore ,
- extraneous ,
- eyeball ,
- fail ,
- faineant ,
- faint ,
- fake ,
- fall ,
- fallible ,
- fantastic ,
- far-off ,
- fast-flying ,
- fastest ,
- fasting ,
- featherbrained ,
- febrile ,
- ferocious ,
- feverous ,
- fiddling ,
- fierce ,
- fin ,
- fine ,
- finical ,
- finicky ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- firm ,
- first ,
- first gear ,
- fitful ,
- flash ,
- fleet ,
- flick ,
- flight ,
- flimsy ,
- flip ,
- flip-flop ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- foaming ,
- foamy ,
- fogged ,
- fond ,
- foolhardy ,
- foreshorten ,
- fossil oil ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- freewheeling ,
- frivol ,
- frowsy ,
- frowzy ,
- fugitive from justice ,
- full general ,
- function ,
- furnace lining ,
- futile ,
- fuzz ,
- fuzzed ,
- gaga ,
- gash ,
- gauche ,
- gauge ,
- gayly ,
- geld ,
- gelded ,
- gentle ,
- get down ,
- get off ,
- ginger nut ,
- ginger snap ,
- gingersnap ,
- glass ,
- glass over ,
- glaze over ,
- gloomful ,
- glooming ,
- gloomy ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- godforsaken ,
- going ,
- grab ,
- graceless ,
- grating ,
- gravelly ,
- great ,
- grim ,
- groggy ,
- gross ,
- grouchy ,
- groundless ,
- grumpy ,
- guard duty ,
- guess ,
- hack ,
- haphazardly ,
- happily ,
- happy-go-lucky ,
- harsh ,
- hasten ,
- hazardous ,
- headfirst ,
- heady ,
- heart ,
- heartbeat ,
- heavy ,
- heavyset ,
- helter-skelter ,
- high-handed ,
- hit-or-miss ,
- hobby ,
- hold ,
- hollow ,
- horseshit ,
- hot-tempered ,
- hothead ,
- huffish ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hurry ,
- idle ,
- ignite ,
- igniter ,
- ignitor ,
- ignore ,
- ill-tempered ,
- illume ,
- illuminate ,
- illumination ,
- illumine ,
- immaterial ,
- immobile ,
- immune ,
- imp ,
- imperfect tense ,
- impractical ,
- impromptu ,
- impulsive ,
- in any case ,
- in any event ,
- in arrears ,
- in short order ,
- inadequate ,
- inattentively ,
- incidental ,
- incite ,
- inconsequent ,
- indiscriminating ,
- individual ,
- ineffectual ,
- inept ,
- inert ,
- infuriated ,
- inner light ,
- insipid ,
- insistent ,
- inspire ,
- inst ,
- instigate ,
- insubordinate ,
- interchange ,
- international ,
- intimate ,
- irascible ,
- iridescent ,
- irregular ,
- irrespective ,
- irritable ,
- issue ,
- jiffy ,
- jolting ,
- jolty ,
- jubilantly ,
- judge ,
- jumpy ,
- junior-grade ,
- juvenile ,
- kip ,
- knee-high ,
- knockabout ,
- laboursaving ,
- lacking ,
- languid ,
- languorous ,
- lean ,
- leave out ,
- lecture ,
- legal brief ,
- legato ,
- leisurely ,
- let the cat out of the bag ,
- libertine ,
- light source ,
- light up ,
- light within ,
- light-colored ,
- light-headed ,
- light-minded ,
- lighter ,
- lightheaded ,
- lighting ,
- lightly ,
- lightness ,
- lightsome ,
- lilliputian ,
- linear ,
- liquid ,
- lite ,
- loath ,
- log z's ,
- logy ,
- look sharp ,
- loose ,
- loose-fitting ,
- lose it ,
- loss ,
- loth ,
- low gear ,
- low-cal ,
- low-down ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lower-ranking ,
- lowering ,
- lowly ,
- loyal ,
- luminance ,
- luminosity ,
- luminousness ,
- lumpen ,
- lumpish ,
- lunatic ,
- machine rifle ,
- machine-controlled ,
- machinelike ,
- mad ,
- madcap ,
- maddened ,
- make out ,
- manifest ,
- marshy ,
- meagerly ,
- meagre ,
- meander ,
- mechanically skillful ,
- melt off ,
- mercurial ,
- middle ,
- midget ,
- minor ,
- minuscule ,
- minute ,
- mirthfully ,
- miry ,
- miserable ,
- miss ,
- missing ,
- misty ,
- modest ,
- modus operandi ,
- moment ,
- monkey ,
- moo ,
- moody ,
- moonily ,
- moony ,
- morose ,
- motivate ,
- mouth ,
- move ,
- mown ,
- mucky ,
- muddled ,
- muddy ,
- mundane ,
- myopic ,
- nap ,
- natural state ,
- near ,
- neat ,
- neglectfulness ,
- negligence ,
- nerveless ,
- nettlesome ,
- neutral ,
- new york minute ,
- niggling ,
- nimble ,
- no matter ,
- nominal phrase ,
- nominative ,
- noncritical ,
- nonessential ,
- nonmeaningful ,
- nonperformance ,
- nonvoluntary ,
- noun phrase ,
- number ,
- obscure ,
- oculus ,
- oecumenical ,
- off guard ,
- off her guard ,
- off his guard ,
- off one's guard ,
- off your guard ,
- off-guard ,
- off-the-cuff ,
- offhandedly ,
- oil ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- omit ,
- open ,
- optic ,
- ornamental ,
- ostensible ,
- otiose ,
- out of bounds ,
- outbound ,
- outside ,
- outward-bound ,
- outwards ,
- overemotional ,
- overflow ,
- overleap ,
- overlook ,
- overrun ,
- overtaking ,
- overtone ,
- owing ,
- pack ,
- pack together ,
- palpable ,
- paltry ,
- papal bull ,
- park ,
- partial derivative ,
- partial tone ,
- particular ,
- pass ,
- passage ,
- passing game ,
- passing play ,
- patent ,
- peach ,
- peaked ,
- peanut ,
- peckish ,
- peevish ,
- pendulous ,
- perch ,
- perfunctorily ,
- periodic ,
- permutation ,
- person ,
- petit larceny ,
- petite ,
- petroleum ,
- pettish ,
- petty larceny ,
- petulant ,
- photograph ,
- picky ,
- picnic ,
- piddle ,
- piddle away ,
- piddling ,
- piece of cake ,
- piffling ,
- pig ,
- placid ,
- plain ,
- plain sailing ,
- plane ,
- play ,
- pocket-size ,
- pocket-sized ,
- poise ,
- polish ,
- politic ,
- poor ,
- poorly ,
- powder compact ,
- precaution ,
- precipitant ,
- precipitately ,
- press ,
- press stud ,
- pressing ,
- pretermit ,
- primitive ,
- procedure ,
- profligate ,
- progressive ,
- progressive tense ,
- prominent ,
- prompting ,
- promptly ,
- propel ,
- prosperous ,
- prune ,
- public lecture ,
- puerile ,
- pugnacious ,
- punch-drunk ,
- pursuit ,
- push ,
- quaggy ,
- qualifying ,
- question of fact ,
- quick-tempered ,
- quickly ,
- quicksilver ,
- quiet ,
- quietus ,
- quotidian ,
- raffish ,
- raging ,
- rake ,
- rakish ,
- ramble ,
- rambunctious ,
- rampantly ,
- range ,
- rapidly ,
- rapscallion ,
- rascal ,
- rashly ,
- rasping ,
- raspy ,
- rationalise ,
- rationalize ,
- raving mad ,
- raw ,
- ready ,
- reasonless ,
- rebuff ,
- reduce ,
- reflex ,
- reflexive ,
- release ,
- remind ,
- remote ,
- remove ,
- repellent ,
- replacement ,
- resistive ,
- rest ,
- riotous ,
- rise ,
- rise up ,
- risky ,
- roam ,
- robotic ,
- robotlike ,
- robustious ,
- rock oil ,
- rocky ,
- roll ,
- roseola ,
- rough in ,
- rough out ,
- rough-cut ,
- roughly ,
- rove ,
- royalist ,
- rude ,
- ruined ,
- rumbustious ,
- run down ,
- runaway ,
- rupture ,
- rush ,
- safeguard ,
- safety ,
- safety device ,
- salient ,
- samson ,
- sang-froid ,
- saturnine ,
- savage ,
- scalawag ,
- scallywag ,
- scan ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- scatty ,
- schematic ,
- school ,
- scintillating ,
- scorn ,
- scratchy ,
- screen ,
- screwball ,
- scrimpy ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- second ,
- secondary ,
- secular ,
- secure ,
- seedy ,
- seeming ,
- self-contradictory ,
- senseless ,
- sententious ,
- sentry duty ,
- sentry go ,
- shadowy ,
- sharp ,
- sheer ,
- shift ,
- shifty ,
- shine ,
- shit ,
- shoot ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- short-run ,
- short-tempered ,
- shorten ,
- shortened ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- shot ,
- show up ,
- sick ,
- sickly ,
- silly ,
- silver ,
- silver-tongued ,
- simple ,
- sing ,
- skim off ,
- skim over ,
- skimmed ,
- skimming ,
- skin rash ,
- skip ,
- skitter ,
- slack ,
- slap ,
- slash ,
- slashed ,
- slender ,
- slenderize ,
- slew ,
- slice ,
- slick ,
- slim ,
- slim down ,
- slippy ,
- slothful ,
- sloughy ,
- slow ,
- slowly ,
- slue ,
- sluggish ,
- slumber ,
- sluttish ,
- smack ,
- small beer ,
- small-minded ,
- small-scale ,
- smear ,
- smirch ,
- smooth out ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- smoothen ,
- smudge ,
- snap bean ,
- snap fastener ,
- snapshot ,
- snarl ,
- snatch ,
- snatch up ,
- snub ,
- so-so ,
- soft ,
- softheaded ,
- soggy ,
- somebody ,
- someone ,
- soul ,
- sour ,
- spare-time activity ,
- spark ,
- sparkle ,
- sparkly ,
- sparse ,
- spastic ,
- speak ,
- spectacular ,
- speedily ,
- spill ,
- spill the beans ,
- split second ,
- spot ,
- spry ,
- spumy ,
- squashy ,
- squeeze ,
- stark ,
- state of nature ,
- stately ,
- still ,
- stillborn ,
- stinger ,
- stingy ,
- stocky ,
- straightaway ,
- strained ,
- strapper ,
- stray ,
- striking ,
- stubborn ,
- stuporous ,
- suave ,
- subaltern ,
- subprogram ,
- subroutine ,
- substitution ,
- subterfuge ,
- suddenly ,
- sugarcoat ,
- sum-up ,
- sunk ,
- superior general ,
- surpassingly ,
- svelte ,
- swampy ,
- swan ,
- swap ,
- swashbuckler ,
- swerve ,
- swing ,
- switch over ,
- switching ,
- swooning ,
- swop ,
- tack ,
- tailor ,
- talk of the town ,
- talk through one's hat ,
- talking ,
- tardily ,
- tattle ,
- taurus ,
- tear ,
- tearaway ,
- technical ,
- techy ,
- temp ,
- tempestuous ,
- temporal role ,
- temporary worker ,
- tenuous ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- thick ,
- thickset ,
- thin out ,
- thinly ,
- thinned ,
- thoughtlessly ,
- thread ,
- threatening ,
- throw ,
- tight ,
- titular ,
- token ,
- tokenish ,
- tolerant ,
- toy ,
- track ,
- trade ,
- tramp ,
- tranquil ,
- transeunt ,
- transitive verb ,
- transitive verb form ,
- transposition ,
- trend ,
- trice ,
- tricky ,
- trim ,
- trim back ,
- trim down ,
- trimmed ,
- tripping ,
- trivia ,
- triviality ,
- truehearted ,
- turn ,
- turn off ,
- turn out ,
- turn up ,
- twinkle ,
- twinkling ,
- unaccented ,
- unaffectionate ,
- unafraid ,
- unavailing ,
- unawares ,
- unbalanced ,
- unbiased ,
- unbiassed ,
- unceremonial ,
- uncertain ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- unclear ,
- unclouded ,
- uncomplete ,
- uncontrollable ,
- uncut ,
- undefined ,
- under the weather ,
- undercut ,
- underdone ,
- undischarged ,
- uneasy ,
- unelaborated ,
- unfirm ,
- unforesightful ,
- unfounded ,
- ungovernable ,
- ungratified ,
- unhinged ,
- unhorse ,
- unidimensional ,
- unintentional ,
- universal ,
- unmistakable ,
- unproblematic ,
- unreal ,
- unreasoning ,
- unrehearsed ,
- unremarkable ,
- unretentive ,
- unruffled ,
- unruly ,
- unsatisfied ,
- unseeing ,
- unsettled ,
- unsighted ,
- unsmooth ,
- unsophisticated ,
- unstuck ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unsuccessful ,
- untamed ,
- unthinkingly ,
- unthoughtful ,
- unvoluntary ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwell ,
- unwitting ,
- upstage ,
- utter ,
- vacate ,
- vacuous ,
- vagabond ,
- veer ,
- verbalise ,
- verbalize ,
- vertiginous ,
- violent ,
- visible light ,
- visible radiation ,
- visionary ,
- void ,
- vulgar ,
- wad ,
- wakeful ,
- walkover ,
- wanting ,
- wanton ,
- wanton away ,
- ward ,
- warm ,
- washed-up ,
- waste ,
- waterlogged ,
- weak ,
- weakened ,
- weave ,
- weeping ,
- well over ,
- well-fixed ,
- well-heeled ,
- well-off ,
- well-situated ,
- well-to-do ,
- western fence lizard ,
- wilderness ,
- wind ,
- windy ,
- wink ,
- wispy ,
- woolgathering ,
- woolly ,
- woolly-headed ,
- wooly ,
- wooly-minded ,
- woozy ,
- work-shy ,
- workaday ,
- worldly ,
- worldwide ,
- write out .
- Bird-witted ,
- Depthless ,
- Disregardful ,
- Fribble ,
- Giddy-brained ,
- Glancing ,
- Highflying ,
- Light-hearted ,
- Percursory ,
- Perstringe ,
- Picayunish ,
- Rantipole ,
- Respectless ,
- Scatter-brained ,
- Scrambling ,
- Unsolicitous ,
- abrupt ,
- accidental ,
- airy ,
- aloof ,
- ankle-deep ,
- apathetic ,
- apparent ,
- approximate ,
- at odds ,
- automatic ,
- averse ,
- ballpark ,
- blind ,
- boisterous ,
- brainsick ,
- brusque ,
- businesslike ,
- careless ,
- casual ,
- cavalier ,
- compact ,
- concise ,
- cool ,
- cosmetic ,
- crude ,
- cut ,
- deaf ,
- degage ,
- despise ,
- desultory ,
- devil-may-care ,
- differing ,
- dip into ,
- disagreeing ,
- disinclined ,
- dismissive ,
- disobedient ,
- distant ,
- dizzy ,
- drive-by ,
- easy ,
- easy going ,
- easygoing ,
- effortless ,
- empty ,
- everyday ,
- examine cursorily ,
- expeditious ,
- external ,
- facile ,
- fast ,
- festinate ,
- feverish ,
- few ,
- flippant ,
- flying ,
- foggy ,
- footling ,
- forced ,
- forgetful ,
- formal ,
- fractious ,
- fugacious ,
- fugitive ,
- furious ,
- fussy ,
- fuzzy ,
- gadarene ,
- general ,
- giddy ,
- glance at ,
- glance over ,
- half-assed ,
- half-baked ,
- hand over head ,
- haphazard ,
- hare-brained ,
- harum-scarum ,
- hasty ,
- hazy ,
- headlong ,
- heedless ,
- hotheaded ,
- hurried ,
- ill-defined ,
- immediate ,
- imperfect ,
- impetuous ,
- imprecise ,
- inadvertent ,
- inattentive ,
- incomplete ,
- inconsequential ,
- inconsiderable ,
- inconsiderate ,
- indifferent ,
- indiscriminate ,
- indisposed ,
- indistinct ,
- indocile ,
- inexact ,
- informal ,
- insignificant ,
- insouciant ,
- instant ,
- insubstantial ,
- involuntary ,
- irresponsible ,
- jejune ,
- knee-deep ,
- lackadaisical ,
- last-minute ,
- lazy ,
- light ,
- listless ,
- little ,
- low ,
- meager ,
- meaningless ,
- mechanical ,
- mindless ,
- miniature ,
- momentaneous ,
- mutinous ,
- muzzy ,
- neglect ,
- neglectful ,
- negligent ,
- negligible ,
- no great shakes ,
- nominal ,
- non-discriminatory ,
- non-selective ,
- nonchalant ,
- not serious ,
- oblivious ,
- occasional ,
- offhand ,
- offhanded ,
- on the surface ,
- opposed ,
- outward ,
- overhasty ,
- patchy ,
- pell-mell ,
- perfunctory ,
- petty ,
- picayune ,
- pithy ,
- play with ,
- precipitate ,
- pro forma ,
- promiscuous ,
- prompt ,
- pushing ,
- quick ,
- random ,
- rapid ,
- recalcitrant ,
- reckless ,
- refractory ,
- regardless ,
- relaxed ,
- removed ,
- resistant ,
- robot-like ,
- rough ,
- rough-hewn ,
- routine ,
- run over ,
- rushed ,
- scamp ,
- shallow-rooted ,
- shoal ,
- short ,
- skim ,
- skimpy ,
- slap-bang ,
- slapdash ,
- slight ,
- slippery ,
- slipshod ,
- sloppy ,
- slovenly ,
- slur ,
- small ,
- smooth ,
- snap ,
- spasmodic ,
- speedy ,
- succinct ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- summary ,
- swift ,
- tactless ,
- thin ,
- thoughtless ,
- thumbnail ,
- tiny ,
- transitive ,
- trifle ,
- trifle with ,
- trifling ,
- trivial ,
- uncaring ,
- unceremonious ,
- unconcerned ,
- unconscientious ,
- unconsenting ,
- unconsidered ,
- undetailed ,
- undiplomatic ,
- undiscerning ,
- undiscriminating ,
- unfastidious ,
- unfinished ,
- unfussy ,
- unheedful ,
- unheeding ,
- unimportant ,
- uninterested ,
- uninvolved ,
- unmindful ,
- unobservant ,
- unperfected ,
- unplanned ,
- unpolished ,
- unprepared ,
- unprofound ,
- unready ,
- unrefined ,
- unreflecting ,
- unreflective ,
- unselective ,
- unspontaneous ,
- untactful ,
- unthinking ,
- untroubled ,
- unwilling ,
- unworried ,
- urgent ,
- vague ,
- wild .
- Discinct ,
- Pococurante ,
- Uncircumspect ,
- a move on ,
- asleep at switch ,
- behindhand ,
- breviloquent ,
- compendiary ,
- fleeting ,
- going through motions ,
- going through the motions ,
- gone in flash ,
- in a nutshell ,
- in wink of an eye ,
- laborsaving ,
- laid back ,
- low pressure ,
- low-pressure ,
- machine-driven ,
- matter of fact ,
- momentary ,
- move it ,
- passing ,
- phoning it in ,
- skin-deep ,
- smattery ,
- superficial ,
- the lead out ,
- tip of the iceberg ,
- walking through it .
- Absent-minded ,
- absent ,
- absently ,
- abstracted ,
- anyhow ,
- bull ,
- cloth-eared ,
- disregardant ,
- dreamily ,
- dreamy ,
- eye ,
- faraway ,
- free and easy ,
- glaze ,
- guard ,
- inattention ,
- merrily ,
- not deep ,
- on the spot ,
- remiss ,
- sideline ,
- slaphappy ,
- sleep ,
- switch ,
- switch off ,
- talk ,
- unwary ,
- wander .
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How to use "Cursory" in context?
The word "cursory" is defined as "done carelessly or without giving much attention." It can be used to describe a quick look, or a shallow understanding of something. Cursory reading can be a quick way to get information, but it doesn't provide enough detail to understand the situation. Cursory observations can be made without even looking, but they don't provide important information. A cursory examination might only identify the most obvious problems. A cursory thinker is not deeply involved in their thoughts, and they don't think carefully about what they're saying or doing.
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