On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Cursory. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as casual or passing and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Cursory in a sentence
Cursory meaning
- Hasty or superficial.
- Careless or desultory.
- Running about; not stationary.
Synonyms of Cursory
Cursory vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Cursory
- The main meaning on this page is: Hasty or superficial. | Careless or desultory. | Running about; not stationary.
- Useful related words include: casual, passing, perfunctory, careless.
- Possible Dutch translations are: haastig, oppervlakkig, vluchtig.
- In the example corpus, cursory often appears in combinations such as: cursory glance, cursory look, even cursory.
Context around Cursory
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cursory
- In this selection, "cursory" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, glance, look and explanation stand out and add context to how "cursory" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cursory glance at and a cursory glance gives. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cursory" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cursory
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sussex police made just a cursory search of the Grand. (10 words)
Amorim and his Wolves counterpart, Pereira, have a cursory handshake on the touchline. (13 words)
And this becomes clear after taking a cursory glance at his recent tweets and speeches. (15 words)
And the reason I say it’s an option to issue them quickly is because there was, often with these rules, a very robust record in place for the Obama-era rule — and then the Trump administration rolled it back with some cursory explanation. (44 words)
Even before “Eternals” came out, the Academy had made it clear it had no intention of giving top-line hardware to Marvel films, with the legitimately excellent “Black Panther” landing three second-tier wins, but only a cursory best picture nod. (41 words)
As Russian losses in Ukraine deepened last year, the Kremlin drafted hundreds of unfit, middle-age men in Irkutsk Oblast in southern Siberia, gave them a month of cursory training and formed a new army unit—the 1439th Regiment. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
A cursory glance at Bitcoin’s historical trajectory showcases a steady appreciation in value over the years, despite intermittent market downturns.
A cursory glance gives the impression that the two games are more similar than not, but ’s dungeons weren’t as exciting, and it wasn’t as impressive as other traditional Zelda titles.
A cursory review of the state’s high school Social Studies academic standards shows the centrality of familiarizing youngsters with political participation.
As Russian losses in Ukraine deepened last year, the Kremlin drafted hundreds of unfit, middle-age men in Irkutsk Oblast in southern Siberia, gave them a month of cursory training and formed a new army unit—the 1439th Regiment.
Costly as this new undertaking will be, a cursory look at San Miguel’s financial statements and performance in recent years shows that it has resources to spare.
Even before “Eternals” came out, the Academy had made it clear it had no intention of giving top-line hardware to Marvel films, with the legitimately excellent “Black Panther” landing three second-tier wins, but only a cursory best picture nod.
He said: "Michael Matheson offered only a cursory explanation - and no apology - for racking up this enormous bill.
Now that Chief Coach Tinubu has assembled his team and assigned them positions according to their abilities and capabilities, I will like to take a cursory look at some of the critical positions beginning from this week.
Sussex police made just a cursory search of the Grand.
This seems to be the first full-out Twitter exchange between the two, but a cursory scroll of Pushaw’s abundant tweets shows GOP Josh has long been on the DeSantis aide’s ass.
A cursory glance at PhenQ diet pills may fool anyone into thinking that this product is not worth it.
A cursory glance on Reddit (I wouldn't recommend it) shows there are countless forums for men to air their toxic views about women.
A cursory look around would show the immense difference with no comparison whatsoever between the Granger and Ali administrations as regards democracy and inclusiveness.
Amorim and his Wolves counterpart, Pereira, have a cursory handshake on the touchline.
At one point, Uber was so fixated on growth that it began mailing cell phones to applicant drivers so they could begin driving before Uber’s cursory and ineffective background check was even complete.
A cursory glance over the past few years alone would produce examples including the Nobel-prize winning material graphene, award-bagging big data projects and field-leading components that power up wind turbines.
A cursory reading of history and geopolitical literature reveals that the world is far more complicated, even contradictory, than American discourse, with its comic-book categories of good and evil, would suggest.
A cursory reflection shows that we are far below where we ought to be if we take into consideration the human and natural resources with which the country is blessed.
And the reason I say it’s an option to issue them quickly is because there was, often with these rules, a very robust record in place for the Obama-era rule — and then the Trump administration rolled it back with some cursory explanation.
And this becomes clear after taking a cursory glance at his recent tweets and speeches.
Common combinations with cursory
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: