Cursory is an adjective that is used to describe that which is done or made quickly. Going rapid over something. Hasty.
- His choice to take only a ‘cursory’ glance at the contract, meant that he had signed away something that he had not originally intended.
- It was noticeable from the left over mess and the slight damages, that only a ‘cursory’ inspection and clean up of the rooms was done before the tenants moved in.
- Every morning he takes a ‘cursory’ glance at the news, and only reads up entirely on that which catches his eye in the first instance.