Cursory vs Terse - What's the difference?
cursory | terse |
hasty; superficial; careless
(obsolete) Running about; not stationary.
(obsolete) Polished, burnished; smooth; fine, neat, spruce.
(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
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* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 4, author=Lewis Smith, work=the Guardian
, title= Abruptly or brusquely short.
As an adjective cursory
is hasty; superficial; careless.As a verb terse is
.cursory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.
Derived terms
* cursorily * cursorinessSee also
* cursorterse
English
Adjective
(er)- "A consise and comprehensive dictionary of general knowledge consisting of over 16,000 terse and original articles on nearly all subjects discussed in larger encyclopaedias,"
Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit?, passage=Having attempted to identify a role for the society and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman, Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's demise in a terse message to members following the annual meeting, which just 22 people attended.}}