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She gave us menus and a perfunctory smile.perfunctory = done without much interest or effort
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Her perfunctory apology did little to ease my annoyance.
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The journal entries become short and perfunctory. (source)
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The obligatory questions, the perfunctory answers. (source)perfunctory = done without much interest
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a feeble and perfunctory attempt to clear away some of the appalling mess of his study. (source)perfunctory = done without much interest or effort
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He smiled at her but it was perfunctory. (source)
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Together they waged a perfunctory battle against the outrageous behavior of that place; against turned-over slop jars, smacks on the behind, and gusts of sour air. (source)perfunctory = done quickly without concern or attention to detail
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He glanced perfunctorily at it, and shoved it in his pocket. (source)perfunctorily = without much interest or effort
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They had about them a perfunctory air, like men accustomed to caring for livestock. (source)perfunctory = working without much effort
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They searched the house perfunctorily and found nothing except both the evidence of what they took to be extreme loneliness and a room full of beautiful dollhouses on the second floor, where they switched topics and asked him how long he had been building them. (source)perfunctorily = without much interest or effort
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It will be perfunctory, since it's clear he was trampled. (source)perfunctory = done without much interest or effort
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He was invited perfunctorily every Sunday, but he seemed to know that he oughtn't to come and always managed an excuse. (source)perfunctorily = without much interest or effort
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Officially, it was my job to keep the ice bucket full and make sure the music was audible, but other than doing this on a most perfunctory level, I wasn't exactly mingling. (source)perfunctory = done without much interest or effort
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NICK (Perfunctorily) Yes indeed . . . very handsome. (source)Perfunctorily = without much interest
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The sheriff would make a perfunctory trip out, but instead of searching through the pines for the still he would sit on the porch until suppertime, and have some beans and cornbread. (source)perfunctory = done without much interest or effort
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And the guards who, when Volkovoi wasn't around, carried out the frisking perfunctorily, now flung themselves into their work with savage zeal. (source)perfunctorily = done without much interest or effort -- as when dispensing with a formality
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