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“more desultorily”
desultorily (adverb), more desultorily, most desultorily
1. Descriptive of a lack of a definite procedure or purpose and jumping from one thing to another: Mrs. Pyott's mind was full of desultorily unfocused thoughts regarding what to do with her classes next semester.
The politician, Mr. Swift, was going from one subject to another in a desultorily halfhearted way.
2. Pertaining to something which occurs randomly or occasionally: As a result of the poor economy, the fashionable clothing store has desultorily sold anything.
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sali-, salt-, -sili-, sult-, -salta-
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