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Meanings of perfunctorily in anglès

In a set manner without serious attention.

Sinònims
Examples for "as a formality"
Examples for "as a formality"
1
The match was regarded as a formality by most of the home support.
The Irish Times
2
Purely as a formality, we have scheduled your thesis defense for Friday afternoon.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
3
I'll accept the command as a formality but appoint you my chief aid.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
4
He was two years older than Noel and went to Hollis-butonly as a formality.
Twisted
5
I understand that a School Committee hearing would precede that, but only as a formality.
Carrie
1
It's very difficult to have a future pro forma for your company.
Reuters
2
On a pro forma basis, Alkermes expects revenue to grow next year.
Reuters
3
The offer was pro forma; Pretzky didn't want her to agree.
Deadly little secrets
4
Contingent liquidity will also weaken slightly pro forma for the transaction.
Reuters
5
He has a pro forma deal that, as I understand it, everybody gets.
The Verge
Usage of perfunctorily in anglès
1
Nothing had been left to chance; not an item was perfunctorily completed.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
2
Roger nodded at her perfunctorily, preoccupied with the necessities of the moment.
The Moon out of Reach
3
The election of Cleveland relieved him of seeming perfunctorily to uphold Blaine.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Intimate Biography
4
Silvestro performs the ceremony, somewhat perfunctorily, and promises to cure the emperor.
Diversions in Sicily
5
I understood why he'd offered no comfort, kissed her cheek so perfunctorily.
An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
6
And the perfunctorily decontaminated protective suit had disappeared from the closet too.
Metro 2034
7
They nodded curtly without words, and Shelby ran perfunctorily through his mail.
The Henchman
8
Sara Morgenstern nodded perfunctorily toward Ellen, but her gaze stayed with Gregg.
Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad
9
Suddenly mindful of Guban watching him, he nodded perfunctorily, then looked away.
The Plains of Passage
10
Baris shook her hand perfunctorily, a slightly confused look on his face.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
11
Runcorn greeted him perfunctorily and then went in, Monk on his heels.
Funeral in Blue
12
The ceremony of the lighting of the new fires he had attended perfunctorily.
Witch-Doctors
13
They are placed in the hands of politicians and perfunctorily administered.
The Precipice: A Novel
14
Jacob nods perfunctorily, as if paper is only an antiquated afterthought.
Night of knives
15
I notice that he does not perfunctorily hand Robyn's picture back to me.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
16
Laramie listened perfunctorily, his eyes moving part of the time over the room.
Laramie Holds the Range
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Perfunctorily through the time
Perfunctorily across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common