Both Uses of
desultory
in
And Then There Were None
- General Macarthur and the judge had been pacing the terrace outside, exchanging desultory comments on the political situation.†
p. 85..8
- They spoke instead in a desultory fashion of current events.
p. 87..8 *desultory = without plan or enthusiasm
Definition:
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(desultory) without plan or enthusiasm