Perfunctorily

//pəɹˈfʌŋkt(ə)ɹɪli//

Synonyms for "perfunctorily" (17 found)

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Translations

12 translations across 6 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 敷衍了事 adv (in a perfunctory manner)

Dutch

2 entries
  • voor de vorm adv (in a perfunctory manner)
  • zonder enthousiasme adv (in a perfunctory manner)

Finnish

2 entries
  • pintapuolisesti adv (in a perfunctory manner)
  • puolihuolimattomasti adv (in a perfunctory manner)

French

3 entries
  • négligemment adv (in a perfunctory manner)
  • pour la forme adv (in a perfunctory manner)
  • sans enthousiasme adv (in a perfunctory manner)

Irish

1 entries
  • ar nós cuma liom adv (in a perfunctory manner)

Polish

3 entries
  • beznamiętnie adv (in a perfunctory manner)
  • lakonicznie adv (in a perfunctory manner)
  • zdawkowo adv (in a perfunctory manner)

Sample sentences

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And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.

Source: wiktionary

Lim Cheng Po said an Anglican prayer or two, not too perfunctorily.

Source: wiktionary

Tibor was circling the table and asking each of us how our entrée was, and we all regarded this as just one of those perfunctory waiter-questions and all perfunctorily smiled and cleared our mouths and said Fine, Fine—and Tibor finally stopped and looked down at us all with a pained expression and changed his timbre slightly so it was clear he was addressing the whole table: “Please. I ask each: is excellent? […]”

Source: wiktionary

Luján, or, rather, the biped which used to be Luján, walks right up to him. He is a little shorter than Wheeler, but much heavier-set. Rooted to the spot, not thinking clearly, Wheeler holds his violin up, as if this will shield him. The conductor takes the instrument from his unresisting hands and breaks its neck underfoot, perfunctorily, as if crushing a box for recycling.

Source: wiktionary

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