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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "béglyj",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "бе́глый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "povérxnostnyj",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пове́рхностный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"word": "rápido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"word": "superficial"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"word": "hastig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"word": "flyktig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"word": "ytlig"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oybnoyfik",
"sense": "hasty, superficial, careless",
"word": "אויבנאויפֿיק"
}
],
"word": "cursory"
}
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