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desultorily, adv.|ˈdɛsəltərɪlɪ|
[f. desultory + -ly2.]
In a desultory or random manner; unmethodically.
1664Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 146 Or else he had not passed so desultorily our Universities and the Navy. 1803Med. Jrnl. X. 306 The late influenza..proceeded desultorily in some cases, in others it was more regularly progressive. 1812Shelley Let. in Hogg Life (1858) II. v. 140 Have I written desultorily? 1891T. Hardy Tess I. vi, They had spent some time wandering desultorily. 1891Atkinson Moorland Par. 324 Birds hopping slowly and desultorily about. |