Both Uses of
perfunctory
in
The Red Badge of Courage
- It suddenly occurred to the youth that the fight in which he had been was, after all, but perfunctory popping.†
Chpt 8
- A few shot perfunctorily at distant marks.
Chpt 23 *perfunctorily = without much interest or effort
Definition:
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(perfunctory) done without much interest or effort -- especially as when dispensing with a formality