perfunctorily
adverb/pəˈfʌŋktrəli/
/pərˈfʌŋktrəli/
(formal)- as a duty or habit, without real interest, attention or feeling
- to nod/smile perfunctorily
- The guard glanced perfunctorily at her pass and let her through.
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