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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  • The lottery said scratch-off tickets are distributed randomly, so neither the lottery nor retailers know where winning tickets will be sold until a prize is claimed.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Matos is wanted in the fatal shooting of Chrys Carvajal, a 19-year-old National Guardsman who is believed to have been randomly gunned down over the Fourth of July weekend in 2021, the FBI said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Desultorily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desultorily. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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