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desultory

[des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdɛs əlˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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Then again, it’s all too easy to be distracted from the desultory happenings on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

For one of the few exhilarating times in this desultory season, they were truly SC.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2024

Last night he did an obscure X interview show and seemed desultory and depressed.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024

The lobby bar at the town’s only hotel—usually so desultory on non–parents’ weekend weekends that it closed around 8—was jammed with visitors from surrounding states.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2024

She knew she did not bore him, and she buffed or painted her fingernails studiously while he dozed or brooded and the desultory warm afternoon breeze vibrated delicately on the surface of the beach.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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