Perfunctory
81To say grace — Grace Grace (gr[=a]s), n. [F. gr[^a]ce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. ? to rejoice, cha ris favor, grace, Skr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf. {Grateful}, {Gratis}.] 1. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy …
82With a bad grace — Grace Grace (gr[=a]s), n. [F. gr[^a]ce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. ? to rejoice, cha ris favor, grace, Skr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf. {Grateful}, {Gratis}.] 1. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy …
83With a good grace — Grace Grace (gr[=a]s), n. [F. gr[^a]ce, L. gratia, from gratus beloved, dear, agreeable; perh. akin to Gr. ? to rejoice, cha ris favor, grace, Skr. hary to desire, and E. yearn. Cf. {Grateful}, {Gratis}.] 1. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy …
84lick and a promise — phrasal a perfunctory performance of a task …
85pro forma — adjective Etymology: Latin, for form Date: circa 1580 1. made or carried out in a perfunctory manner or as a formality 2. based on financial assumptions or projections: as a. reflecting a transaction (as a merger) or other development as if it… …
86spontaneous — adjective Etymology: Late Latin spontaneus, from Latin sponte of one s free will, voluntarily Date: 1653 1. proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint 2. arising from a momentary impulse 3. controlled and… …
87walk-through — noun Date: 1940 1. a perfunctory performance of a play or acting part (as in an early stage of rehearsal) 2. a television rehearsal without cameras …
88shuffle — I. verb (shuffled; shuffling) Etymology: perhaps irregular from 1shove Date: 1570 transitive verb 1. to mix in a mass confusedly ; jumble 2. to put or thrust aside or under cover < shuffled the whole matter out of his …
89token — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tācen, tācn sign, token; akin to Old High German zeihhan sign, Greek deiknynai to show more at diction Date: before 12th century 1. an outward sign or expression < his tears were tokens of his… …
90whitewash — I. transitive verb Date: 1591 1. to whiten with whitewash 2. a. to gloss over or cover up (as vices or crimes) < refused to whitewash the scandal > b. to exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data 3.… …
