DESULTORY

desultory. Desultory, a. unsettled, inconstant, unconnected

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Des″ul‐to‐ry (?), a. [[L. desultorius, fr. desultor a leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to leap. See Saltation.]] 1. 1. Leaping or skipping about.
I shot at it , but it was so desultory that I missed my aim. Gilbert White. 2. 2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another, without order or rational connection; without logical sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as, desultory minds. Atterbury.
He knew nothing accurately; his reading had been desultory. Macaulay. 3. 3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
Syn. — Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant; unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose.