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Definition of Perfunctorily
1. Adverb. In a set manner without serious attention. "He kissed her cheek perfunctorily"
Definition of Perfunctorily
1. adv. In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly.
Definition of Perfunctorily
1. Adverb. In a perfunctory manner, without interest or concern for quality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perfunctorily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perfunctorily
Literary usage of Perfunctorily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Begun in the Year 1641 by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1888)
"And his majesty, casting his eye perfunctorily upon it and believing it had been
drawn by mature advice, no sooner received it than he did deliver it to the ..."
2. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... his eye perfunctorily upon it, and believing it had been drawn by mature advice,
... perfunctorily ..."
3. Scientific Tariff Making: A History of the Movement to Create a Tariff by Henry Tarleton Wills (1913)
"Will you enlist for this purpose; or, having come here and perfunctorily resolved,
will you go home and about your private business as if you had adequately ..."
4. Makers of America: An Historical and Biographical Work by an Able Corps of by Florida historical society, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Florida historical society, Florida Historical Society (1909)
"... who works perfunctorily may make a good living and even attain something of
reputation and success, but the man who achieves high rank in his profession ..."
5. The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler, Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1916)
"He knelt next Charlotte and said the responses perfunctorily, not so perfunctorily
that she should know for certain that he was doing it maliciously, ..."
6. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1903)
"... the child's free using of his accumulated knowledge; dictation of matter which
can only be perfunctorily copied, and, later, as perfunctorily repeated. ..."
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