All 4 Uses
perfunctory
in
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
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- With a perfunctory gesture they waved the car on.†
Chpt 1
- The young Dutch officer gave a perfunctory glance at their luggage and passports and announced in awkward, throaty English, "I hope you have a pleasant stay in the Netherlands."
Chpt 8 *perfunctory = done without much interest or effort
- At night he would be hastened to bed by perfunctory darkness.†
Chpt 16
- She pointed perfunctorily toward Fiedler.†
Chpt 20perfunctorily = without much interest or effort
Definitions:
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(1)
(perfunctory) done without much interest or effort -- especially as when dispensing with a formality
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)