All 3 Uses of
cursory
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- 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.†
p. 41.2cursory = quick (without attention to detail)
- He then took a cursory view of the present state of the science and explained many of its elementary terms.†
p. 48.9 *
- 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.†
p. 122.2
Definition:
quick--not thorough (without attention to detail)