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Desultory

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Adjective

1. desultory

marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another

Example Sentences:
'desultory thoughts'
'the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Desultory

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adjective
1. 
passing or jumping from one thing to another, esp in a fitful way; unmethodical; disconnected
2. 
occurring in a random or incidental way; haphazard
a desultory thought

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Desultory

see synonyms of desultory
adjective
1. 
passing from one thing to another in an aimless way; disconnected; not methodical
a desultory conversation
2. 
lacking direct relevance; random; incidental
a desultory observation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Desultory

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adj.
1. Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: "She had suddenly begun speaking, after sitting silently through several hours of desultory discussion ... about the Resistance" (Adam Nossiter).
2. Occurring randomly or sporadically. See Synonyms at chance.

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