cursory

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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