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adjective
- 1. lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm: "a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion"
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DESULTORY definition: 1. without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest: 2. without a clear plan…. Learn more.
A desultory student skips from one subject to another without applying serious effort to any particular one. A desultory comment is a digressive one that jumps away from the topic at hand. And a desultory performance is one resulting from an implied lack of steady, focused effort.
If you lack a definite plan or purpose and flit from one thing to another, your actions are desultory. Some people call such desultory wanderings spontaneous. Others call it "being lost."
Desultory definition: lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful. See examples of DESULTORY used in a sentence.
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. [C16: from Latin dēsultōrius, relating to one who vaults or jumps, hence superficial, from dēsilīre to jump down, from de- + salīre to jump] ˈdesultorily adv. ˈdesultoriness n.
DESULTORY meaning: 1. without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest: 2. without a clear plan…. Learn more.
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.
Definition of desultory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Desultory definition: Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected.
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