| Desultory des·ul·to·ry (d  s  l-tôr  , -t r, dz-)
adj.
2. Moving or jumping from one thing to another;
disconnected: a desultory speech.
[Latin d
sultrius, leaping, from
dsultor,
a leaper, from dsultus, past participle of
dsil re, to leap
down : d-, de- + salre, to
jump; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]
des
ul·tori·ly adv.
des
ul·tori·ness
n. |
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A good tennis player, like a good speaker, does not have a desultory match; therefore, Sam has a strategy for each match.
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