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desultorily

adv

Etymology

From desultory + -ly.

  1. derived from dēsultōrius
  2. suffixed as desultorily — “desultory + ly”

Definitions

  1. 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.

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