Lost in concentration, he gave only perfunctory replies.

"Well, I'm glad of that," was his perfunctory reply.

But after a perfunctory reply, she drifted away.

He got a perfunctory but cordial reply.

Toh-Shiba made a perfunctory reply via the same circuitous route and accepted the offer of refreshments.

Bond made a perfunctory reply and rose, pushing back the table.

I spent a moment doing the senior officer thing, asking Smith a few shallow, innocuous questions, as he did his respectful subordinate thing, offering brief, perfunctory replies.

The Mayor, believing the letter to be politically motivated, gave a perfunctory reply.

Luis listened to perfunctory replies, marking each man in his head by role and not by name or rank.

Sonny made no perfunctory reply.