des·ul·to·ry (d s  l-tôr  , -t r, 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 d sultrius, leaping, from dsultor, a leaper, from dsultus, past participle of dsil re, to leap down : d-, de- + salre, to jump; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]des ul·tori·ly adv.des ul·tori·ness n. |
Translations
desultoriness
n (of manner, approach, attempt) → Halbherzigkeit f; (of conversation) → Zwanglosigkeit f; (of reading) → Flüchtigkeit f
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