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Desultory
| Desultory Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Desultory?
[adj] marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts"; "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Desultory: purposeless
Related Terms | Find terms related to Desultory: aberrant |
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See Also |
Desultory In Webster's Dictionary
\Des"ul*to*ry\, a. [L. desultorius, fr. desultor a
leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to
leap. See {Saltation}.]
1. Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.]
I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that
I missed my aim. --Gilbert
White.
2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another,
without order or rational connection; without logical
sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as,
desultory minds. --Atterbury.
He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading
had been desultory. --Macaulay.
3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected
with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
Syn: Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant;
unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose.
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