She had been working desultorily on her book for several years.
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Desultorily
Synonyms for "desultorily" (19 found)
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2 translations across 1 languages.
Russian
2 entries- несвя́зно adv (in a desultory fashion)
- отрывочно adv (in a desultory fashion)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I read a page here and there, and made acquaintance with a great many authors whom I was content to know thus desultorily.
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