1. desultory - Adjective
2. desultory - Adjective Satellite
Leaping or skipping about.
Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds.
Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. William Cowper
Find time still to be learning somewhat good, and give up being desultory. Marcus Aurelius
My father died shortly after I was twenty-one; and being left well off, and having a taste for travel and adventure, I resigned, for a time, all pursuit of the almighty dollar, and became a desultory wanderer over the face of the earth. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. Bernard Cornwell
[N]o study is likely to be fruitful of results if carried on without a system. The majority of those who pursue knowledge for its own sake pursue it after an aimless and desultory fashion. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed. Seneca