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| Desultoriness | n. The quality of being desultory or without order or method; unconnectedness. [ 1913 Webster ] The seeming desultoriness of my method. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Desultory | a. [ L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation. ] 1. Leaping or skipping about. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I shot at it [ a bird ], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] He [ Goldsmith ] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | | desultory | (เดส'ซัลโทรี) adj. ไม่ปะติดปะต่อ, ไม่ต่อเนื่อง, ไม่เป็นระเบียบ, โยกเยก, See also: desultoriness n., Syn. cursory |
| | desultory | (adj) ไม่ปะติดปะต่อ, ไม่ต่อเนื่อง, ไม่ติดต่อกัน, ข้ามๆไป |
| | | | | desultory | (adj) marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another |
| | Desultory | a. [ L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation. ] 1. Leaping or skipping about. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] I shot at it [ a bird ], but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] He [ Goldsmith ] knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 散漫 | [さんまん, sanman] (adj-na, n) vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 漫然 | [まんぜん, manzen] (adj-t, adv-to) aimless; rambling; desultory [Add to Longdo] | | 漫談 | [まんだん, mandan] (n, vs) chat; desultory conversation; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
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