How to pronounce cursory in American English
“cursory” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to cursory the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “cursory” in: all accents · British English (48 clips)
“cursory” in real sentences — American speakers
54 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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So, um, so there's just initial cursory look.
NTSB
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to front load some sort of a cursory search capacity
US National Archives
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The fact is, there have been some rather cursory changes that have been
The Obama White House
Words that sound like “cursory”
Words one sound away from cursory — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of cursory. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.