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1. The Latin adjective desultorius, the parent of Desultory, was used by the ancients to refer to a circus performer (called a desultor) whose trick was to leap from horse to horse without stopping
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2. It makes sense, therefore, that someone or something Desultory …
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3. Desultory definition, lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: Desultory conversation
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4. Desultory synonyms, Desultory pronunciation, Desultory translation, English dictionary definition of Desultory
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5. ə l.tɔːr.i / without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest: She made a Desultory attempt at conversation
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6. He wandered around, cleaning up in a Desultory way.
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7. If you lack a definite plan or purpose and flit from one thing to another, your actions are Desultory. Some people call such Desultory wanderings spontaneous
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8. Others call it "being lost." The adjective Desultory comes from the word desultor, which was a circus rider who would leap from the back of one galloping horse onto another.
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9. 21 synonyms of Desultory from the Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, plus 36 related words, definitions, and antonyms
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11. Desultory: lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern.
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12. Dĕs'əl-tôr'ē, dĕz'- The definition of Desultory is something, someone or a conversation with no plan or purpose that wanders from one thing to the next
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13. An example of Desultory is wandering around and not knowing where you are going
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14. An example of Desultory is a conversation that doesn't flow well.
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15. A Desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground
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16. THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3) CHARLES JAMES WILLS In the lulls, Robert and his mother exchanged bits of Desultory conversation
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17. Desultory (adj.) 1580s, "skipping about, jumping, flitting" in a figurative sense, from Latin desultorius "hasty, casual, superficial," adjective form of desultor (n.) "a rider in the circus who jumps from one horse to another while they are in gallop," from desul-, stem of desilire "jump down," from de "down" (see de-) + salire "to jump, leap" (see salient (adj.)).
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18. Definition of Desultory not having a plan or purpose Examples of Desultory in a sentence Disgusted by his last place finish, the runner moved in a Desultory manner towards the yellow ribbon
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19. Desultory was part of the first wave of Swedish death metal bands, alongside Entombed, Dismember, and others
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20. Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected: "She had suddenly begun speaking, after sitting silently through several hours of Desultory discussion about the Resistance" (Adam Nossiter)
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21. ‘Their Desultory and often painfully facetious conversations are interspersed with picture-postcard vignettes in which presenter and guest savour the delights of holiday life in the capital.’ ‘Then with dawning horror you realise you're screwed - eye contact is made and you're doomed to Desultory, banal small talk the whole way until you
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22. Adjective Something that is Desultory is done in an unplanned and disorganized way, and without enthusiasm.
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23. A Desultory sequence of ideas, an excessive vagueness and indirectness of expression, a peculiar and abnormal latinity, a constant tendency to exaggeration, and an immoderate indulgence in learned and literary allusions - all these are obstacles lying in the way of a study of Propertius.
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24. (formal) going from one thing to another, without a definite plan and without enthusiasm I wandered about in a Desultory fashion.
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25. After fulfilling their 3-album deal Desultory left Metal Blade Records and ultimately broke-up soon thereafter.
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26. Vanessa Paradis' new film is a Desultory and pretentious exercise in existential noodling which aims for profound but winds up plain peculiar
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27. Dazed and confused; MOVIES I've never attached much credence to Desultory applause that players offer, either after a game or when they're substituted
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28. Definition of Desultory in the Definitions.net dictionary
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29. What does Desultory mean? Information and translations of Desultory in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
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30. Yet, as the whole has been cited, and made the basis of Desultory declamation, I thought it not time lost to clear out of the way all irrelevant matter, and to leave for distinct examination the only sentence of this paragraph in which the insult lurks, if it has any existence in this letter.
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31. She made a Desultory attempt at conversation
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32. They talked briefly in a Desultory manner
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33. He wandered around, clearing up in a Desultory way
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34. I wandered about in a Desultory fashion
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35. But despite his forced jocularity, Desultory attempts at humour, and spurts of nervous energy, Obree is a husk of heroism past
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36. Opening night saw a Desultory 20 people rattling around in a big, airy room ready for 70 diners
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37. Clashes and Desultory fighting continued in Samarra north of Baghdad between US forces and Sunni Arab guerrillas.: But despite his forced jocularity, Desultory attempts at humour, and spurts of nervous energy, Obree is a husk of heroism past
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38. Opening night saw a Desultory 20 people rattling around in a big, airy room ready for 70 diners.: The
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39. Desultory is a Swedish death metal band that released a series of albums in the mid-'90s, beginning with their 1993 debut, Into Eternity
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42. Break 'Desultory' down into sounds: [DES] + [UHL] + [TREE] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them
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45. See authoritative translations of Desultory in Spanish with example sentences and audio pronunciations.
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47. “Desultory” first appeared in print in English in the late 16th century with the same “hopping from thing to thing” meaning it has today (“The Crown, since the Conquest, never observed a regular, but an uncertain and Desultory motion,” 1655)
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48. The root of “Desultory” was the Latin adjective “desultorius,” an adjective based
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49. Dictionary entry overview: What does Desultory mean? • Desultory (adjective) The adjective Desultory has 1 sense:
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50. Marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another Familiarity information: Desultory used as an adjective is very rare.
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51. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Desultory des‧ul‧to‧ry / ˈdes ə lt ə ri, ˈdez-$ -tɔːri / adjective formal PLAN# done without any particular plan or purpose They talked briefly in a Desultory manner
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52. — desultorily / ˈdes ə lt ə rəli, ˈdez-$ -tɔːrəli / adverb Examples from the Corpus Desultory • …
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53. Desultory - Translation to Spanish, pronunciation, and forum discussions
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54. Principal Translations: Inglés: Español: Desultory adj adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." (random) esporádico/a adj adjetivo: Describe el sustantivo.Puede ser posesivo, numeral, demostrativo ("casa grande", "mujer alta").
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55. Desultory is a Death Metal band formed in 1989 in Stockholm, Sweden
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56. Desultory was part of the first wave of Swedish death metal bands, alongside Nihilist, Grave, Dismember and many others
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57. Synonyms for Desultory include random, erratic, haphazard, aimless, rambling, inconsistent, irregular, unmethodical, unsystematic and chaotic
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58. Desultory discography and songs: Music profile for Desultory, formed 1989
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59. The Desultory fighting took place amid a rainstorm, and only ended in the afternoon when the hard-pressed Thais received orders to lay down their arms
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60. A Simple Desultory Philippic Lyrics: Spoken: "A Simple Desultory Philippic Or How I was Lyndon Johnson’d Into Submission" / I was Union Jacked, Kerouac'd / John Birched, stopped and searched
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61. Desultory - Dictionary definition and meaning for word Desultory
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62. Desultory thoughts the Desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties
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63. Desultory Meaning in English to Urdu is بے فائدہ, as written in Urdu and Bay Faida, as written in Roman Urdu
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64. There are many synonyms of Desultory which include Aimless, Chance, Chaotic, Deviating, Erratic, Haphazard, Orderless, Rambling, Unmethodical, Unstable, Unsystematic, Without Purpose, etc.
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65. Marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another "Desultory thoughts"; "the Desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties" 以上 …
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66. Definition and synonyms of Desultory from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Education.
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67. This is the British English definition of Desultory.View American English definition of Desultory.
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69. Desultory adj adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." (random) décousu adj adjectif: modifie un nom
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DESULTORY [ˈdesəlˌtôrē]
History and Etymology for desultory. Latin desultorius, literally, of a circus rider who leaps from horse to horse, from desilire to leap down, from de-+ salire to leap - more at sally
1 passing or jumping from one thing to another, esp. in a fitful way; unmethodical; disconnected 2 occurring in a random or incidental way; haphazard
Desultory in a sentence (esp. good sentence like quote, proverb...) (1) She made a desultory attempt at conversation. (2) They talked briefly in a desultory manner. (3) He wandered around, clearing up in a desultory way. (4) I wandered about in a desultory fashion.