desultorily
- a word derived from desultory.
Example Sentences
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Outside, in the sun-baked courtyard ringing the building, a few students wandered around desultorily.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2023
I never caught a glimpse of characters desultorily chit-chatting on a couch plopped center stage.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2021
Officials standing guard at hospital entrances conduct temperature checks and desultorily take notes, but some visitors can pass through undetected when the guards are tired or have gone for a lunch break.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2020
On the afternoon of May 23, 2013, Lu and a group of villagers in No. 30 were chatting desultorily.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2015
They sat and praised Tanzania and dreamed about stockfish and were still talking desultorily when a Peugeot 403 sped across the street.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
