All 3 Uses of
perfunctory
in
Mountains Beyond Mountains
- "It was perfunctory," he'd remember, "although I liked the Mass itself and still do.†
Chpt 2.5
- "A perfunctory exchange with a doctor who'd rather have been anywhere else but there," Farmer would remember.†
Chpt 2.8
- The agent had asked Serena the perfunctory question, "Did you bring anything back from Haiti?"
Chpt 5.25 *perfunctory = done without much interest
Definition:
done without much interest or effort -- especially as when dispensing with a formality