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Upon cursory examination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- This report is certainly not comprehensive; it is more of a "Marketing Division at a glance".
- At a glance it seems that he is a nice guy, but upon digging deeper the truth emerges.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
ilk baxışdan
— on cursory examination
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Chinese Mandarin:
驟觀 /骤观
(zhòuguān)
— on cursory examination
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Chinese Mandarin:
乍一看
(zhàyīkàn)
— on cursory examination
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Chinese Mandarin:
乍看之下
(zhàkànzhīxià)
— on cursory examination
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Finnish:
ensivilkaisulla
— on cursory examination
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Finnish:
yhdellä silmäyksellä
— on cursory examination
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French:
à première vue
— on cursory examination
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French:
à vue de nez
— on cursory examination
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French:
au jugé
— on cursory examination
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French:
au doigt mouillé
— on cursory examination
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German:
dem ersten Anschein nach
— on cursory examination
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German:
auf den ersten Blick
— on cursory examination
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Italian:
a prima vista
— on cursory examination
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Latvian:
no pirmā acu uzmetiena
— on cursory examination
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Lithuanian:
iš pirmo žvilgsnio
— on cursory examination
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
i det ytre
— on cursory examination
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ved fyrste augnekast
— on cursory examination
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Polish:
na pierwszy rzut oka
— on cursory examination
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Portuguese:
de relance
— on cursory examination
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Portuguese:
por alto
— on cursory examination
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Portuguese:
num primeiro olhar
— on cursory examination
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Russian:
на пе́рвый взгля́д
(na pérvyj vzgljád)
— on cursory examination
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Russian:
с пе́рвого взгля́да
(s pérvovo vzgljáda)
— on cursory examination
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Russian:
сра́зу
(srázu)
— on cursory examination
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Swedish:
på ytan
— on cursory examination
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Swedish:
vid första anblick
— on cursory examination