3 uses
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Definition
quick—not thorough (without attention to detail)
- Miuesov took a cursory glance at all these "conventional" surroundings and bent an intent look upon the elder.Book 2 — An Unfortunate Gathering (9% in)
- He cast a cursory glance round the passage, looking sternly at Alyosha and Kolya as he did so.Book 10 — The Boys (93% in)
- Of the other two I will speak only cursorily.Book 12 — A Judicial Error (41% in)
There are no more uses of "cursory" in The Brothers Karamazov.
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