All 3 Uses
desultory
in
Of Human Bondage
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- In a desultory way he had read a good deal of philosophy, and he looked forward with delight to the leisure of the next few months.†
Chpt 53-54 *desultory = without plan or enthusiasm
- Philip saw several fellows with a desultory, timid look dawdling around, and surmised that, like himself, they were there for the first time.†
Chpt 53-54
- The incessant chatter of the morning dwindled now to desultory remarks.†
Chpt 119-120
Definitions:
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(1)
(desultory) without plan or enthusiasm
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)