desultory

Meaning of desultory

adjective
  1. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.
    He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.
  2. Out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject.
    I made a desultory remark while I was talking to my friend.
  3. Disappointing in performance or progress.
  4. Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.

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  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of desultory

desul-tory

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • desultory is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

desultory synonyms

Meaning :

aimless, disconnected, quodlibetic, quodlibetical, unmethodical

Translation of desultory

Words that rhyme with desultory

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