desultory

1. 1.

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

   “desultory thoughts”

   “the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail parties”

   Similarpurposeless

Questions about desultory

What does desultory mean?

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

How many syllables are in desultory?

desultory has 4 syllables: des-ul-to-ry. The stress falls on "des". In IPA it is /ˈdɛsəlˌtɔɹi/.

Is desultory a common word?

desultory is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with desultory?

59 words rhyme with desultory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.