(formal) going from one thing to another, without a definite plan and without enthusiasm:
I wandered about in a desultory fashion. * a desultory conversation
desultorily adverb
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, desultory is tagged as adjective.
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