What does cursorily mean?
Cursorily means In a cursory manner..
Cursorily
Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
Meaning
In a cursory manner..
Example Sentences
This place contains ſo many remarkable remains, and collections ſo curious, that we are ſorry to paſs by it curſorily. We adviſe the reader and the traveller to be leſs haſty. The trophæal arch and the ſepulchral monument, at Glanum Livii, a colony probably eſtabliſhed by M. Livius Druſus Libo, afford alſo ſeveral circumſtances, which will intereſt the attentive traveller.
Rhodammonium Compounds. By S. M. JÖRGENSEN (J. pr. Chem. [2], 25, 346-348).— The author has prepared and cursorily examined some of the rhodammonium compounds, and has found them to be strictly analogous to the cobalt- and chrom-ammonium compounds.
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- more cursorily
- most cursorily
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What is a synonym for cursorily?
Common synonyms include quickly.
What is the opposite of cursorily?
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How do you use cursorily in a sentence?
This place contains ſo many remarkable remains, and collections ſo curious, that we are ſorry to paſs by it curſorily. We adviſe the reader and the traveller to be leſs haſty. The trophæal arch and the ſepulchral monument, at Glanum Livii, a colony probably eſtabliſhed by M. Livius Druſus Libo, afford alſo ſeveral circumſtances, which will intereſt the attentive traveller.
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