desultorily en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English desultory Middle English -ly English -ly English desultorily From desultory + -ly.
Meanings
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In a desultory fashion.
She had been working desultorily on her book for several years.
I read a page here and there, and made acquaintance with a great many authors whom I was content to know thus desultorily.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXII, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most desultorily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more desultorily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
ru несвя́зно (in a desultory fashion) · ru отрывочно (in a desultory fashion)