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desultorily

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des·ul·to·ry  (dsl-tôr, -tr, dz-)
adj.
1. Having no set plan; haphazard or random. See Synonyms at chance.
2. Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: a desultory speech.

[Latin dsultrius, leaping, from dsultor, a leaper, from dsultus, past participle of dsilre, to leap down : d-, de- + salre, to jump; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]

desul·tori·ly adv.
desul·tori·ness n.
Translations
desultorily
advhalbherzig; chat, talk, dancezwanglos; announce, answer, point outbeiläufig; they walked desultorily toward(s) the housesie schlenderten auf das Haus zu


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They had spent some time wandering desultorily thus, Tess eating in a half-pleased, half-reluctant state whatever d'Urberville offered her.
 
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