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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: desultory (0.02453 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to desultory.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: desultory tak tentu
English → English (WordNet) Definition: desultory desultory adj : 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”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Desultory Desultory \Des"ul*to*ry\, a. [L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation.] 1. Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. --Gilbert White. [1913 Webster] 2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark. Syn: Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant; unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose. [1913 Webster]

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