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Cursory Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ory

Cursory has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

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"

"In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory"

2

hasty or superficial

Example Sentences
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws" adjective
"a passing glance" adjective
"perfunctory courtesy" adjective
"In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ory cory rory sory lory dory gory jory pory frory flory emory atory glory chory story moory amory armory memory
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