All 3 Uses of
cursory
in
Frankenstein
- But the cursory glance my father had taken of my volume by no means assured me that he was acquainted with its contents, and I continued to read with the greatest avidity.
Chpt 2cursory = hasty (without attention to detail)
- He then took a cursory view of the present state of the science and explained many of its elementary terms.
Chpt 3cursory = quick (without attention to detail)
- Through this work I obtained a cursory knowledge of history and a view of the several empires at present existing in the world; it gave me an insight into the manners, governments, and religions of the different nations of the earth.
Chpt 13 *cursory = quick (without a lot of detail)
Definition:
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(cursory) quick--not thorough (without attention to detail)