Both Uses of
desultory
in
The Power and the Glory by Cooke
- CHAPTER III A PEAK IN DARIEN So walking, and so desultorily talking, they came out on a noble white highway that wound for miles along the bluffy edge of the upland overlooking the valley upon the one side, fronted by handsome residences on the other.†
Chpt 3 *
- Presently the men drifted out to the chip pile, where they lingered a while in desultory talk.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(desultory) without plan or enthusiasm