perfunctorily
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It’s a drab, anonymous-looking room, with bare walls and a few toys scattered perfunctorily about, but Leaf and her cinematographer, Jody Lee Lipes, use the space to tell a story in intimate, heartrending miniature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
They are nice people, but my wife and I have only ever had lukewarm, perfunctorily polite exchanges with them.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022
When the match ended, they quickly and perfunctorily clasped hands, then exchanged words, with Ostapenko saying, "Your behavior is terrible," and Tomljanovic replying, "Honestly, you're the one to talk."
From Fox News ● Jul. 3, 2021
In February 2014, a mutual friend introduced them, perfunctorily, in a group of about a half-dozen other local University of Chicago alumni at a Hawaiian restaurant in Chicago.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2021
The steer came up to him and made as though to nose at him and the bull hooked perfunctorily.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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