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cursorily

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cur·so·ry  (kûrs-r)
adj.
Performed with haste and scant attention to detail: a cursory glance at the headlines.
[Late Latin cursrius, of running, from Latin cursor, runner; see cursor.]
curso·ri·ly adv.
curso·ri·ness n.
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Adv.1.cursorily - without taking pains; "he looked cursorily through the magazine"
quickly
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


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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.
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