- Cursoriness
- Cursoriness Cur"so*ri*ness, n. The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Cursoriness
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cursoriness — cursory ► ADJECTIVE ▪ hasty and therefore not thorough. DERIVATIVES cursorily adverb cursoriness noun … English terms dictionary
cursoriness — noun see cursory … New Collegiate Dictionary
cursoriness — See cursorily. * * * … Universalium
cursoriness — noun The state of being cursory … Wiktionary
cursoriness — cur·so·ri·ness || kÉœËsÉ™rɪnɪs n. quality of being hasty and superficial … English contemporary dictionary
cursoriness — cur·so·ri·ness … English syllables
cursoriness — )rēnə̇s, rin noun ( es) : the quality of being cursory … Useful english dictionary
cursory — adjective Etymology: Late Latin cursorius of running, from Latin currere Date: 1601 rapidly and often superficially performed or produced ; hasty < a cursory glance > Synonyms: see superficial • cursorily … New Collegiate Dictionary
Harpsichord concertos (J. S. Bach) — The harpsichord concertos, BWV 1052 1065, are concertos for harpsichord, strings and continuo by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are seven concertos for a single harpsichord, (BWV 1052 1058), three concertos for 2 harpsichords (BWV 1060 1062), two… … Wikipedia
cursory — cursorily, adv. cursoriness, n. /kerr seuh ree/, adj. going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article. [1595 1605; < LL cursorius running, equiv. to L cur(rere) to run + sorius,… … Universalium
