desultorily in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for desultorily in the English»Spanish Dictionary

desultorily [Am ˈdɛsəlˌtɔrəli, Brit ˈdɛs(ə)lt(ə)rɪli, ˈdɛz(ə)lt(ə)rəli] ADV

1. desultorily walk/work/talk:

desultorily

sin entusiasmo

desultorily

con desgana

desultorily

con desgano esp LatAm

she wandered desultorily from store to store

deambuló por las tiendas sin propósito fijo

2. desultorily rain/snow:

desultorily

intermitentemente

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The two sides skirmished desultorily for two hours, until the fog began to lift.

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Waiters walk around desultorily, because they have to, and push coffee and tea.

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The boy racers desultorily circle the few functioning roads, scraping their bottoms like dogs on the carpet.

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Forces amassed, they begin gamely pushing and smacking one another, resulting in plaintive cries of woe, only to desultorily cease hostilities, with no appreciable change in the allotment of toys.

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True, a subsequent telecast featured a pair of singing and dancing siblings who were both a departure from the tilt's desultorily "bland pogi" norm.

entertainment.inquirer.net

According to the eyewitness, a few more responded, but desultorily, when the sloganeer taunted the crowd.

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It explodes off his boot and runs desultorily out of play.

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He pines for his lady love, he desultorily follows orders... and that's about it.

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The shopkeeper desultorily dictates phrases while selling provisions and gossiping with visitors.

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