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Meanings of perfunctorily in English

In a set manner without serious attention.

Usage of perfunctorily in English
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