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   desultory

   /ˈdɛs(ə)lt(ə)ri/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm: "a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion"
   • ▪ (of conversation or speech) going from one subject to another in a half-hearted way: "the desultory conversation faded"
   • ▪ occurring randomly or occasionally: "desultory passengers were appearing"

   Word Origin late 16th century (also in the literal sense ‘skipping about’): from Latin desultorius ‘superficial’ (literally ‘relating to a vaulter’), from desultor ‘vaulter’, from the verb desilire.

   Derivatives

   • 1. desultorily adverb
   • 2. desultoriness noun

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