cursorily
adverbHow many syllables in cursorily?
There are 4 syllables in the word cursorily.How to pronounce cursorily:
Definition of cursorily:
- cursorily (adverb):
- rapidly and often superficially performed or produced hasty
Synonyms for cursorily:
abruptly
automatically
briefly
chop-chop
fleetingly
hastily
hotfoot
hurriedly
impulsively
incompletely
instantaneously
precipitately
precipitously
quickly
rapidly
rashly
roughly
sketchily
speedily
superficially
swiftly
Antonyms for cursorily:
at moderate speed
carefully
cautiously
deliberately
slowly
studiedly
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- arithmetic
- undistinguished
- disdainfully
- acclamation
- unappealing
- paronymous
- overwhelmed
- misunderstand
- Hungarian
- dejectedly
- amalgamate
- offhandedly
- safeguarded
- quinceanera
- adultery
- magnolia
- indecently
- potato blight
- ingenuous
- mariposa
- disorganized
- deviously
- indignity
- compilation
- anticlimax
- undisciplined
- predictable
- Demetrius
- cavalier
- carelessness
- cacophonous
- affinity
- tenuity
- fantastical
- violently
- unevenly
- Gabriella
- composedly
- presidency
- ethnographic
- categorize
- preoccupied
- infallibly
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