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What does cursory mean?

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Adjective
  1. hasty; superficial; careless
  2. (obsolete) Running about; not stationary.
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He kept off the core issues he usually loves to talk about and confined himself to cursory remarks.
Rodriguez lofted a long fly ball as Damon could only look up for a cursory farewell.
Any cursory examination of schools would reveal that the attendance on Carnival week is abysmally low.
A cursory listen reveals that the first version closely resembles Nashville's, from a musical standpoint.
Though attempts were made from time to time to mollify nationalistic sentiments, most were cursory and lacked substance.
Similarly, Cullen packs to leave on a trip, with a cursory ta-ta to the Congresslady.

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