I cursed desultorily with a smooth whispered flow of curses, because the circumstances seemed to demand it.
After supper, he marked seventeen sets of papers desultorily in red pencil, then got up to look for the baby book.
Slowly, wearily, desultorily, the erosion and desquamation went on.
They talked desultorily as the launch thrashed along.
She perched on the rail and pulled at the leafless vine-stems beside her, talking idly and desultorily of things she was not interested in.
