† cursoraryadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= cursory adj.The reading of the 3rd Quarto (followed by Pope, and by most modern editors), for which Quartos 1 and 2 have cursenaryand the First Folio curselarie: cf. cursitory adj.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough
overlyc1450
superficialc1456
sloven1532
sloven-like1569
perfunctory1592
slovenly1592
perfunctorious1599
cursory1601
cursorarya1616
slighty1619
cursitory1632
touch and go1682
passant1685
skimming1728
slapdashc1792
lax1812
slap-bang1815
slummocking1825
slobbery1832
percursory1837
slipshod1845
slip-string1854
slummocky1855
free and easy1864
unthorough1868
slurring1880
slummy1881
sploshy1881
skimmy1893
surfacy1975
drive-through1994
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > carelessly
slubberinga1591
cursory1601
cursorarya1616
cursitory1632
passant1685
percursory1837
slurring1880
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1619) v. ii. 77 We haue but with a Cursorary [1600 cursenary] eye Ore-view'd them.
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