"cursory" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/ [UK], /ˈkɜːs.ɹi/ [UK], /ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi/ [US], /ˈkɝːs.ɹi/ [US], /ˈkɵː.sɘ.ɹi/ [New-Zealand], /ˈkɵːs.ɹi/ [New-Zealand] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cursory.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more cursory [comparative], most cursory [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{bor|en|frm|cursoire||rapid}} Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), {{der|en|la|cursorius||hasty, of a race or running}} Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} cursory (comparative more cursory, superlative most cursory)
  1. Hasty or superficial. Translations (hasty, superficial, careless): бегъл (begǎl) (Bulgarian), повърхностен (povǎrhnosten) (Bulgarian), zběžný (Czech), kursorisk (Danish), overfladisk (Danish), haastig (Dutch), oppervlakkig (Dutch), vluchtig (Dutch), pintapuolinen (Finnish), pikainen (Finnish), kursorinen (Finnish), rapide (French), superficiel (French), oberflächlich (German), flüchtig (German), rapido [masculine] (Italian), distratto [masculine] (Italian), sbrigativo [masculine] (Italian), سرسری (sarsari) (Persian), pobieżny (Polish), бе́глый (béglyj) [masculine] (Russian), пове́рхностный (povérxnostnyj) [masculine] (Russian), rápido (Spanish), superficial (Spanish), hastig (Swedish), flyktig (Swedish), ytlig (Swedish), אויבנאויפֿיק (oybnoyfik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-cursory-en-adj-Qenq1fLy Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'hasty, superficial, careless': 62 26 12
  2. Careless or desultory.
    Sense id: en-cursory-en-adj-rSjnT-~l
  3. (obsolete) Running about; not stationary. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cursory-en-adj-CZHa60I3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 0 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cursorily, cursoriness Related terms: cursor, course, perfunctory

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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oybnoyfik",
      "sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
      "word": "אויבנאויפֿיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cursory"
}

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