Most of the others also lit their pipes and a desultory conversation ensued.
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Desultory
/ˈdɛs.əlˌtɔɹ.i/
Synonyms for "desultory" (222 found)
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Strong matches (66)
dizzyeccentricepisodicerranterraticexcursivefast and looseficklefitfulflickeringflickeryflickyflightyflittingfluctuatingflutteringflutteryformlessfreakishfrivolous
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giddygratuitousgutteringhaltinghaphazardhazardousherky-jerkyheteroclitehit-or-missimmethodicalimpetuousimpulsiveinchoateincoherentinconsistentinconstantindecisiveindirectindiscriminateinfirminsecureinsubstantialintermittentintermittingirregularirresoluteirresponsiblejerkylabyrinthinelooselurchingmaunderingmazymeanderingmeaninglessmercurialmisshapenmoodynonsymmetricalnonsystematicnonuniformon-again-off-againorderlessout-of-the-waypatchy
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perilousplanetaryplanlessprecariouspromiscuousprovisionalpurposelessramblingrandomrestlessriskyroughrovingscatterbrainedscrappysenselessserpentineshakyshapelessshifting
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shiftyshufflingslapdashslipperysnakysnatchyspasmaticspasmicspasmodicspasticspinelesssplutteringsporadicspottysputteringsputterystaggeringstragglingstragglystrayswervingsystemlesstemporarytentativeticklishtreacherousturningtwistingunaccountableunarrangeduncertainunclassifiedunconsidereduncontrolledundependableundirectedundisciplinedunequalunevenunfaithworthyunfixedungradedunjoinedunmethodicalunmetricalunorderedunorganizedunplannedunpredictableunregularunreliableunrestrainedunrhythmicalunsettledunsolidunsortedunsoundunstableunstable as waterunstaidunsteadfastunsteadyunsubstantialunsureunsymmetricalunsystematicuntrustworthyununiformvacillatingvagrantvaguevariableveeringvicissitudinaryvicissitudinousvolatilewanderingwantonwaveringwaverywavywaywardwhimsicalwindingwishy washywishy-washywobblingwobblyzigzag
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4 entriesdigressive narrativedisconnected argumentrambling stylewandering focus
Collocations
6 entriesdesultory approachdesultory discussiondesultory readingdesultory remarksdesultory reviewdesultory thinking
Inflections
2 entriesmore desultorymost desultory
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1 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
His studies are very desultory and eccentric, but he has amassed a lot of out-of-the-way knowledge which would astonish his professors.
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The conversation had roamed in a desultory spasmodic fashion from golf clubs to the causes of the change in the obliquity of the ecliptic.
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He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
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