desultorily

adverb

Definition of desultorilynext
as in randomly
without definite aim, direction, rule, or method sat watching the movie, desultorily eating popcorn

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randomly
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  • By the end of the sales phase this week, more than 40 of the 50-plus sports had run dry; fewer than 10 still had tickets listed, according to several fans who were randomly selected for the opportunity to purchase.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The phase 3 trial involved 1,137 high-risk patients with melanoma, who were randomly assigned to receive either the vaccine and the immunotherapy drug Keytruda, or just Keytruda, for about a year.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Desultorily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desultorily. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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