Synonyms for cursory
ˈkɜr sə ricur·so·ry

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1. cursory

   Synonyms:
   rapid, hasty, desultory, careless, superficial, slight, summary

   Antonyms:
   searching, minute, elaborate, profound

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1. casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctoryadjective

   hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

   "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

   Antonyms:
   careful

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1. cursoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   hasty, slight, superficial, careless, desultory, transient, passing, brief

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1. List of paraphrases for "cursory":

   superficial, shallow, surface, rapid, summary

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1. Ronnie Richter:

   While it would appear that his car broke down and he had walked for help, he never called for help from the cell phone that was found on his body, sandy Smith has never accepted the conclusion of the cursory investigation that followed his death, that concluded that his death was a result of a hit-and-run.

2. Stephen Smith:

   Sandy Smith has never accepted the conclusion of the cursory investigation that followed his death, that concluded that his death was a result of a hit-and-run. he would have made sure that he was not seen by anyone.

3. Robert Farrington:

   You go to the financial aid website, you do some cursory read-through and then you hit 'next,'.

4. The ACS:

   In the U.S. it is quite cursory, it doesn’t take very long, the physician usually has not had much training in clinical breast examination.