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