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perfunctorious

perfunctorious adjective: synonym of perfunctory.

Adjective

perfunctorious (comparative more perfunctorious, superlative most perfunctorious)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of perfunctory.
    Synonyms:
    perfunctory

Synonyms of perfunctorious

Forms of perfunctorious

comparativemore perfunctorious
superlativemost perfunctorious

Questions about perfunctorious

What does perfunctorious mean?
Perfunctorious means synonym of perfunctory.
What part of speech is perfunctorious?
Perfunctorious is an adjective.

Words near perfunctorious in the dictionary

  1. perfumista
  2. perfumistas
  3. perfumy
  4. perfunctorily
  5. perfunctoriness
  6. perfunctorious
  7. perfunctoriously
  8. perfunctory
  9. perfusability
  10. perfusable
  11. perfusant

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