All 4 Uses of
desultory
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- My poor life and heart, how weak I am!" she moaned, in a relaxed, desultory way, heedless of Liddy's presence.†
Chpt 28-30
- "You look tired and ill, Oak," he said then, desultorily regarding his companion.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- "Why don't I?" said Bathsheba, desultorily.†
Chpt 43-45
- They had gone two or three miles in the moonlight, speaking desultorily across the wheel of her gig concerning the fair, farming, Oak's usefulness to them both, and other indifferent subjects, when Boldwood said suddenly and simply— "Mrs.†
Chpt 49-51
Definition:
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(desultory) without plan or enthusiasm