desultory
desultory is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. Atterbury. He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay.
- 2.Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- all
- and
- assorted
- assortment
- capricious
- description
- different
- discordant
- dissimilar
- dissimilarity
- divers
- diverse
- diversified
- diversity
- epicene
- every
- fitful
- form
- genus
- heterogeneous
- immethodical
- indiscriminate
- inharmonious
- irregular
- irregularity
- irregularly
- life
- manifold
- manner
- many-sided
- mixed
- mosaic
- motley
- multifarious
- multifariousness
- multifold
- multiform
- multiformity
- multigenerous
- multiplex
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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