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Translations cursorily [ˈkɜːsərɪlɪ] ADV [glance] → brevemente, de forma somera; [read] → por encima, de forma somera cursorily adv glance → flüchtig; inspect, investigate also → oberflächlich cursorily [ˈkɜːs/ərɪlɪ] adv (glance) → di sfuggita, in fretta; (read through) → rapidamente, in fretta cursorily [ˈkɜːs/ərɪlɪ] adv (glance) → di sfuggita, in fretta; (read through) → rapidamente, in fretta How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The roof is about twelve feet high, and runs to a pretty sharp angle, as if there were a regular ridge-pole there; while these ribbed, arched, hairy sides, present us with those wondrous, half vertical, scimetar-shaped slats of whale-bone, say three hundred on a side, which depending from the upper part of the head or crown bone, form those Venetian blinds which have elsewhere been cursorily mentioned. And off I started, cursorily glancing sideways as I passed the toilet-table, surmounted by a looking-glass: a thin irregular face I saw, with sunk, dark eyes under a large, square forehead, complexion destitute of bloom or attraction; something young, but not youthful, no object to win a lady's love, no butt for the shafts of Cupid. She cursorily signified the direction of the church, and went on, d'Urberville saying that he would see them again, in case they should be still unsuccessful in their search for shelter, of which he had just heard. |
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