perfunctorily /pəɹˈfʌŋkt(ə)ɹɪli/ adverb1 •In a perfunctory manner, without interest or concern for quality.She answered perfunctorily. She said that, of course, they had picked out the two gunmen, but had thought nothing of it when the man with the stick had gone to stand behind Bond's chair. — 1953 formsmore perfunctorily · most perfunctorily