English-Thai Dictionary

cursory

ADJ ที่ รวดเร็ว มาก  superficial ti-ruad-rel-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURSORY

a.[L. See Course. ] 1. Running; hasty; slight; superficial; careless; not with close attention; as a cursory reading; a cursory view.
2. Running about; not stationary.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CURSORY

Cur "so *ry (kr "s-r ), a. Etym: [L. cursorius, fr. cursor. See Cursor. ]

 

1. Running about; not stationary. [Obs. ]

 

2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless. Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner. Hallam.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cursory

cur so ry |ˈkərsərē ˈkərs (ə )ri | ▶adjective hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed: a cursory glance at the figures. DERIVATIVES cur so ri ly |ˈkərsərəlē |adverb, cur so ri ness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin cursorius ‘of a runner, ’ from cursor (see cursor ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

cursory

cursory |ˈkəːs (ə )ri | ▶adjective hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed: a cursory glance at the figures. DERIVATIVES cursorily adverb, cursoriness noun ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin cursorius ‘of a runner ’, from cursor (see cursor ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cursory

cursory adjective a cursory inspection: perfunctory, desultory, casual, superficial, token; sketchy, half-done, incomplete; hasty, quick, hurried, rapid, brief, passing, fleeting. ANTONYMS thorough. WORD TOOLKIT See incomplete . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cursory

cursory adjective a cursory inspection: perfunctory, desultory, casual, superficial, token, uninterested, half-hearted, inattentive, unthinking, offhand, mechanical, automatic, routine; hasty, quick, hurried, rapid, brief, passing, fleeting, summary, sketchy, careless, slapdash. ANTONYMS thorough, painstaking. WORD TOOLKIT cursory See incomplete . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cursory

cur so ry /kə́ː r s (ə )ri /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗大まかな, せっかちの, ざっとの ▸ a cursory glance ちらっと見ること c ú r so ri ly 副詞 大まかに, 大ざっぱに .