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〜もそこそこに

barely (finishing), hurriedly cutting short

Noun (挨拶, 食事, 準備) + もそこそこに

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もそこそこに means cutting something short, doing only the bare minimum because you're in a hurry to get to something else: 挨拶もそこそこに、本題に入った, "with barely a greeting, he got straight down to business".

The noun is something you'd normally do properly: 挨拶, 食事, 朝ご飯, 仕事, 宿題, 準備. The second half is the rush to the next thing: leaving, getting started, going out to play.

そこそこ on its own means "so-so, reasonably": そこそこおいしい. With も〜に, it becomes "only half-done".

Compare も構わず (N2), "without caring about", which ignores something completely.

Examples

  • 挨拶あいさつもそこそこに、彼かれは本題ほんだいに入はいった。

    With barely a greeting, he got straight down to business.

  • 朝あさご飯はんもそこそこに、家いえを飛とび出だした。

    I rushed out of the house, barely touching my breakfast.

  • 彼かれは仕事しごともそこそこに、飲のみに出でかけた。

    He knocked off work early and went out drinking.

  • 息子むすこは宿題しゅくだいもそこそこに、遊あそびに行いってしまった。

    My son rushed through his homework and went off to play.

  • 準備じゅんびもそこそこに、会議かいぎが始はじまった。

    The meeting started before we'd barely prepared.

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