Preposition: of

• glance: Even the most cursory of glances revealed that this document is badly flawed.

Modifies a noun

• glance: A cursory glance at the results gives the lie to both of them.

• nod: Oh, yes, cursory nod to the people who play the potential spouses of the two leads.

• examination: Even a cursory examination of the running down of the docks would have helped to explain the changing nature of the area.

• inspection: They do not stand up to even cursory inspection.

• glimpse: Even a cursory glimpse at the charts of the day, will tell you that.

• reading: A cursory reading of the New Testament doesn't help much.

Modifying Another Word

• fairly: Gareth led the J. After a fairly cursory look at dummy I could see that prospects looked good.

• rather: The primary focus will be on the act of measuring, with everything else receiving a rather cursory treatment.

• even: They do not stand up to even cursory inspection.

• only: Other bodies have made only cursory attempts to trace documentation.

• very: The directory below just gives a very cursory glance at the activities of a very small number of the largest defense firms in Europe.

• relatively: Due to time and space constraints, however, only a relatively cursory examination of these features was possible.