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perfunctorius

perfunctorius · adj

done in a careless

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Where it lives

Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k

What it meant

perfunctōrĭus — Lewis & Short

perfunctōrĭus, a, um, adj.perfunctus; despatched, i. e.,

I done in a careless or superficial manner, slight, careless, negligent, perfunctory (jurid. Lat.): examinatio, Nov. Val. 3, Postul. 2, 11, c. l. § 1: genitus, Ambros. in Psa. 37, § 37.—Adv.: per-functōrĭē, slightly, carelessly, negligently, perfunctorily (late Lat.): me coepit non perfunctorie verberare, Petr. 11: facere aliquid, Cod. Th. 12, 3, 2; cf. ib. 14, 9, 1.

In the wild

perfunctorie Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 7.1
perfunctorie Petronius, Satyricon 11

Where it came from

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