Both Uses of
perfunctory
in
Atlas Shrugged
- As she listened to the mentions of her name tossed into the conversation at half-hour intervals, tossed perfunctorily, with the speaker's eyes never glancing in her direction, she wondered what motive had made them want her to be present.†
Chpt 3.5
- She observed that there was no terror in their faces; she saw hints of it, but it looked like a perfunctory terror.†
Chpt 3.9 *
Definition:
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(perfunctory) done without much interest or effort -- especially as when dispensing with a formality