Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a set manner without serious attention;
- Example: "they answered my letter pro forma"- Example: "he kissed her cheek perfunctorily"[syn: perfunctorily, as a formality, pro forma]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Perfunctorily \Per*func"to*ri*ly\
(p[~e]r*f[u^][ng]k"t[-o]*r[i^]*l[y^]), adv.
In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly. --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perfunctorily
adv 1: in a set manner without serious attention; "they answered
my letter pro forma"; "he kissed her cheek perfunctorily"
[syn: perfunctorily, as a formality, pro forma]