NSW Selective & Scholarship
Perfunctorily
adverb/per-FUNK-tuh-rill-ee/
To do something perfunctorily is to do it quickly and carelessly, just to get it over with.
In contextShe nodded perfunctorily, not really listening to the announcement.
Remember it
A 'perfunctory' worker just performs the function and no more — done for the sake of it.
Use it well
Use for tasks done without care or interest, merely to tick them off.