desultorily

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adverb

In a desultory fashion.

“She had been working desultorily on her book for several years.”

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Meanings

adverbdesultorily (comparative more desultorily, superlative most desultorily)

comparative more desultorily · superlative most desultorily

  1. In a desultory fashion.

    She had been working desultorily on her book for several years.

    1 more example

    I read a page here and there, and made acquaintance with a great many authors whom I was content to know thus desultorily.

    1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXII, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC

Origin

From desultory + -ly.

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Translations

Russian несвя́зно, отрывочно
  • несвя́зно (nesvjázno)in a desultory fashion
  • отрывочно (otryvočno)in a desultory fashion
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APA

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“desultorily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desultorily. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “desultorily,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desultorily.

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