All 3 Uses of
perfunctory
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
- At the house, Rasheed covered her with a quilt when she lay on the couch, but there was a stiff, perfunctory air about this gesture.
p. 90..9 *perfunctory = done without much interest
- The obligatory questions, the perfunctory answers.
p. 123..3
- But it came out sounding broad, perfunctory, like the token consolation of a kind stranger.
p. 143..5
Definition:
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(perfunctory) done without much interest or effort -- especially as when dispensing with a formality