Thesaurus: desultory

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1. a. Leaping or skipping about.
2. a. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds.
3. a. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
4. adj. marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
5. 1. Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.] I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White. 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. He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay. 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.
6. j:100 s. marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another