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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a disjointed or disconnected manner.

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  • adverb In a disjointed manner

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  • adverb in a disjointed manner

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Examples

  • He flapped his arms disjointedly and mimed choking, his tongue sticking out.

    Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011

  • He spoke in a far-away manner of his illness, and we talked disjointedly about the church, the alterations in the organ, and about petty charities; and he saw me depart with such evident relief that I should have laughed had not my heart been so full of tears.

    Chapter 12: The Bishop 2010

  • Many senior executives literally have two overlapping workdays: the one that is formally programmed in their diaries and the one "before, after, and in-between," when they disjointedly attempt to grab spare moments with their laptops or smart phones, multitasking in a vain effort to keep pace with the information flowing toward them.

    Recover From Information Overload Derek Dean 2011

  • Measuring 168″ long and 45″ wide, the 250 lbs couch sculpture also features unique handmade lights (working) and comes disjointedly to fit in almost any space.

    Phantom Semi-transparent Couch 2009

  • As I watched Taylor and Russell awkwardly and disjointedly interact in the car ride home, a friend of mine commented, Didn't she seem to shrink into herself?

    Adia Colar: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Blunted Affect Adia Colar 2012

  • He flapped his arms disjointedly and mimed choking, his tongue sticking out.

    Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011

  • Without a lawyer asking questions sequentially and with the goal of eliciting answers which amount to a legally-cognizable complaint, a story may emerge incompletely and disjointedly.

    Matthew Fraidin: Could More Public-Interest Lawyers in D.C. Help Prevent Domestic Tragedies? Matthew Fraidin 2011

  • When last seen, a drunken Bemis has taken to his bed in Salt Lake City, still wearing his boots and “talking loosely, disjointedly and indiscriminately, and every now and then tugging out a ragged word by the roots that had more hiccups than syllables in it.”

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • When last seen, a drunken Bemis has taken to his bed in Salt Lake City, still wearing his boots and “talking loosely, disjointedly and indiscriminately, and every now and then tugging out a ragged word by the roots that had more hiccups than syllables in it.”

    LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

  • If pressed to be a critic for a moment, I'd reluctantly say that the film's plotline is weakly strung and that some of the scenes and transitions seem to have been patched together disjointedly (though mother-child relationships are a pervasive theme).

    Avital Binshtock: Thoughts After Seeing Disneynature's Earth 2009

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