perfunctorily

Variant of perfunctory

adjective

  1. done without care or interest or merely as a form or routine; superficial: a perfunctory examination
  2. without concern or solicitude; indifferent: a perfunctory teacher

Origin: LL perfunctorius < L perfunctus, pp. of perfungi, to get rid of, discharge < per-, intens. + fungi, to perform: see function

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