desultory
11desultory — desultorily, adv. desultoriness, n. /des euhl tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation. 2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a… …
12desultory — adjective /ˈdɛs.əl.tə.ɹi,ˈdɛs.əlˌtɔɹ.i,ˈdɛz.əlˌtɔɹ.i/ a) Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless. He wandered round, cleaning… …
13desultory — [[t]de̱səltri, AM tɔːri[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm. [FORMAL] The constables made a desultory attempt to keep them away from the barn. Derived words: desultorily …
14desultory — des•ul•to•ry [[t]ˈdɛs əlˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] adj. 1) lacking in consistency, method, purpose, or visible order; disconnected: desultory conversation[/ex] 2) digressing from or unconnected with the main subject: a desultory remark[/ex] • Etymology …
15desultory — /ˈdɛsəltri / (say desuhltree), / təri/ (say tuhree), /ˈdɛz / (say dez ) adjective 1. veering about from one thing to another; lacking purpose, method, or enthusiasm: *It was too hot to indulge in any but the most desultory conversation. –miles… …
16desultory — adj. Desultory is used with these nouns: ↑conversation, ↑fashion …
17desultory — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aimless, fitful, rambling, unmethodical, erratic. See disorder, irregularity, deviation, diffuseness, discontinuance. Ant., stable, constant. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. erratic, random,… …
18desultory — des|ul|to|ry [ˈdesəltəri, ˈdez US to:ri] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: desultorius, from desilire to jump down ] done without any particular plan or purpose ▪ They talked briefly in a desultory manner. >desultorily… …
19desultory — adjective formal done without any particular plan or purpose: They talked in a desultory manner for a few minutes. desultorily / desFltFrili, dez desFl tO:rili, dez / adverb …
20desultory — adjective the desultory interest you have in your child s welfare is appalling Syn: casual, cursory, superficial, token, perfunctory, half hearted, lukewarm; random, aimless, erratic, unmethodical, unsystematic, chaotic, inconsistent, irregular,… …
