desultory
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Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, whose administration was widely assailed for its desultory initial response, has made high-profile appearances in La Guaira.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
From its desultory beginnings, Random House has grown into a behemoth, one of the industry’s Big Five.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Biden made a few desultory campaign speeches here and there.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2024
Once we got to the beach, we would start a desultory routine of sitting out on the sand in the morning, then waiting in line at fish camps in the evenings.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2023
With a desultory nod of his bored and sleepy head, the Level Crossing Divinity conjured up beggars with bandages, men with trays selling pieces of fresh coconut, parippu vadas on banana leaves.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Vocabulary lists containing desultory
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