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perfunctorily, adv.|pəˈfʌŋktərɪlɪ| [f. perfunctory a. + -ly2.] In a perfunctory manner; as a necessary duty to be got rid of; as a matter of mere form or routine.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. (1887) 162 Not perfunctorilie taken knowledge of, but thoroughly examined. c1616S. Ward Coal from Altar (1627) 69 Why is it that some of vs pray..in publique so briefly, so perfunctorily, and feebly? 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 489 The office of a clergyman may be performed..either perfunctorily, as a task necessary for entitling him to receive his tithes or his stipend,..or carefully and conscientiously, as a trust reposed in him by God. 1885Law Times 28 Feb. 311/2 Loose law carelessly and perfunctorily administered. |