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perfunctorily
adverb
(per-func-to-ri-ly)
in a set manner without serious attention; as a formality
Synonyms:
pro forma,
Examples:
He kissed her cheek perfunctorily.
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pro forma
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as a formality
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cursorily
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blandly
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dutifully
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cheerfully
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coldly
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blithely
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indifferently
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amiably
,
impersonally
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casually
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dully
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woodenly
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apathetically
,
obligingly
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haughtily
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straightforwardly
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clumsily
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agreeably
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breezily
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genially
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stiffly
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deferentially
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punctiliously
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pedantically
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unenthusiastically
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ponderously
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primly
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superciliously
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glibly
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humorously
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dispassionately
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indulgently
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soberly
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feebly
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rudely
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hesitatingly
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resignedly
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squeamishly
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pompously
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queerly
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lugubriously
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magisterially
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artlessly
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snappily
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ungrammatically
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wittily
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grandly
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earnestly
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decorously
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unblinkingly
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wanly
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boorishly
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curiously
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irritably
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irrelevantly
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ineptly
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patronisingly
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inexpertly
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ostentatiously
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meaninglessly
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stonily
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laboriously
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sunnily
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joylessly
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showily
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superfluously
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arrogantly
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sympathetically
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nobly
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sonorously
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disdainfully
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lamely
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unbecomingly
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sombrely
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insistently
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tackily
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endlessly
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perfunctorily
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