Desultorily

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a desultory fashion.

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

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at randomback and forthby chancecarelesslyfitfullyhaltingly

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

Etymology

From desultory + -ly.

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