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• r  in a set manner without serious attention
  he kissed her cheek perfunctorily

• Spoke perfunctorily about the importance of Hispanics to his election as mayor and to the fabric of New York City, but dodged question about what to do with 12 million people who .
• It seems that illegal factories fill the used plastic bottles from the tap or with perfunctorily filtered water.
• Republican presidential candidate John McCain did try, but only perfunctorily.

• as a formality
• pro forma

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• Barfly: Nieces and nephews, and those who aren't
  I thought about the sign in every liquor store that reads, 'If you appear under 30, be prepared to show I.D.' I checked her I.D. perfunctorily, noting only that she was 20 years older than her companion and that they had different last names. A nephew perhaps?
  March 2, 2014 - Marin Independent Journal