Значение

значений: 4
  1. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order, planning, or rational connection; lacking logical sequence.

    Near-synonyms: aimless, chaotic, disconnected, erratic, haphazard, meandering, quodlibetic, quodlibetical, random, rambling, scattered, unmethodical, unsystematic, wandering

    He wandered round, cleaning up in a desultory way.

    sprunghaft, unzusammenhängend

    беспорядочныйbesporjadočnyj, несвязанныйnesvjazannyj

    безладнийbezladnyj, хаотичнийxaotyčnyj

    marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another

  2. Out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject.

    Near-synonyms: extraneous, incidental, irrelevant, nongermane, spurious, stray, unconnected, ungermane, unrelated

    I made a desultory remark while I was talking to my friend.

    несвязныйnesvjaznyj

    непов'язанийnepovʺjazanyj, недоладнийnedoladnyj

  3. Disappointing in performance or progress.

    Near-synonyms: half-assed, halfhearted

  4. (устаревшее)Leaping, skipping or flitting about, generally in a random or unsteady manner.

Примеры

предложений: 1
  1. Most of the others also lit their pipes and a desultory conversation ensued.

    deDie meisten anderen zündeten ebenfalls ihre Pfeifen an und es ergab sich ein zusammenhangloses Gespräch.

Переводы

языков: 6
Українська
По значениям 2
jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection:
out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject:
Русский
По значениям 2
jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection:
out of course; by the way; not connected with the subject:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection:

Происхождение

From Latin dēsultōrius (“hasty, casual, superficial”), from dēsultor (“a circus rider who

From Latin dēsultōrius (“hasty, casual, superficial”), from dēsultor (“a circus rider who jumped from one galloping horse to another”), from dēsiliō (“jump down”), from dē (“down”) + saliō (“jump, leap”).

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Формы

more desultory, most desultory
Сравнительная степеньmore desultory Урок
Превосходная степеньmost desultory Урок

правильный

Синонимы

синонимов: 25

Антонимы

антонимов: 3

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 5
Производныеdesultorilydesultoriness

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