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- 1. lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm: "a few people were left, dancing in a desultory fashion"
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Desultory means having no clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest. Learn more about this formal adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
- English (US)
without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or...
- Desultory in Simplified Chinese
DESULTORY translate: 漫无目的的,随意的;无计划的. Learn more in the...
- Znaczenie Desultory, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DESULTORY definicja: 1. without a clear plan or purpose and...
- Traditional
DESULTORY translate: 漫無目的的,隨意的;無計劃的. Learn more in the...
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- Pronunciation in English
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- English (US)
Desultory means marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose, or not connected with the main subject. It comes from the Latin word for a circus performer who leaps from horse to horse.
Desultory definition: lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful. See examples of DESULTORY used in a sentence.
Desultory means done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm. It comes from Latin dēsultōrius, relating to one who vaults or jumps, hence superficial. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations, sentences and grammar of desultory.
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 means having no clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest. Learn more about this formal adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples from various sources.
Desultory means moving or jumping from one thing to another, or occurring in a random or incidental way. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of desultory in English and Spanish.