Adjective : a disconnected argument. From Dictionary.com.
"You are talking rather disconnectedly, that is all.". From Wordnik.com. [Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)] Reference
"But why couldn't the poor woman -" she broke in disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 14] Reference
The child moves upon her cot, talking disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Shatov interposed disconnectedly, with feverish haste. From Wordnik.com. [The Possessed] Reference
These must not be quoted promiscuously and disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
His rear tire kicked upward, and his pedals spun disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [A New Diva-Tastic] Reference
Slowly and disconnectedly the uninspiring conversation progressed. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
He talked so disconnectedly, I thought he had taken too much wine. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Visitors] Reference
"Hilyard'll sell for thirty an acre," he began again, disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XXII] Reference
Prince Sergay, Aferdov, kept disconnectedly whirling round in my sick brain. From Wordnik.com. [A Raw Youth] Reference
She did not need his disconnectedly self-conscious explanation to understand. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
“Yes; I heard he had got into a different hour,” she said disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Maurice Guest] Reference
He said a few words more, hesitatingly and disconnectedly, then stopped again. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman in White] Reference
The girl was very weak and spoke disconnectedly, but always in the same strain. From Wordnik.com. [The Mansion of Mystery Being a Certain Case of Importance, Taken from the Note-book of Adam Adams, Investigator and Detective] Reference
But the elder spoke more disconnectedly than Alyosha reported his words afterwards. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
And Mitya began telling her all about it, disconnectedly, incoherently, feverishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
They stood out in his mind disconnectedly, like pictures with blackness all round them. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Eighty-four] Reference
Frank fell asleep with some such vague calculation drifting disconnectedly through his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Rogojin began to wander — muttering disconnectedly; then he took to shouting and laughing. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
The squire spoke hurriedly, disconnectedly, with an embarrassment even greater than Desmond's. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
"Yes, quite true; and yet, after all, how like the moon we are," muttered one of the newspaper men disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference
And then she told Modeste everything, speaking rapidly and disconnectedly, thankful to have some one to whom she could open her heart. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
She tried to smile, and at length said disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
Thus disconnectedly Marmaduke broke his terrible news. From Wordnik.com. [Agatha's Husband A Novel] Reference
While these thoughts galloped disconnectedly through her mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
While these thoughts were going disconnectedly through his mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
As he walked his varied thoughts surged through his brain disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim] Reference
How loosely and disconnectedly my ideas run out with the ink from my pen!. From Wordnik.com. [A Confederate Girl's Diary] Reference
He talked excitedly and disconnectedly, or was silent, by fits and starts. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii] Reference
They marveled at the limpid evening falling, and they talked disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Jean-Christophe, Volume I] Reference
Three times he said disconnectedly, 'I hear reports,' and his eyelids worked. From Wordnik.com. [Diana of the Crossways — Complete] Reference
"It's a shame to keep you handing me things to eat," he added disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Vane of the Timberlands] Reference
Her companion, another noblewoman of the court, could only ramble disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking] Reference
He began complaining about everything, disconnectedly and endlessly, as was his wont. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
She seemed to utter these sentences abstractedly, disconnectedly, as if to gain time. From Wordnik.com. [Openings in the Old Trail] Reference
When she answered, her words came disconnectedly, with little laughing breaths between. From Wordnik.com. [Just David] Reference
They talked very disconnectedly; in the middle of recounting his future joys, Winn said. From Wordnik.com. [The Dark Tower] Reference
Rogojin began to wander -- muttering disconnectedly; then he took to shouting and laughing. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
Then she seated herself opposite him, and, bending forward, spoke somewhat quickly, disconnectedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Argonauts] Reference
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