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In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.

The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay.

Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.

Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.

Disposed. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.

Occurring in small portions scattered through some other substance.

Squandered; scattered. "Dissipated wealth." Johnson.

Mentally disordered; unsettled; mad. My distracted mind. Pope.

Disjointedly; madly. Shak.

A state of being distracted; distraction. Bp. Hall.

Distracted. [Obs.] Spenser.

Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [Obs.] Drayton.

Inhuman; cruel. Shak.

Stupid; foolish. [Obs.] Senseless speech and doted ignorance. Spenser.

arked with, or made of, dots or small spots; diversified with small, detached objects. Dotted note (Mus.), a note followed by a dot to indicate an increase of length equal to one half of its simple value; thus, a dotted semibreve is equal to three minims, and a dotted quarter to three eighth notes. -- Dotted rest, a r…

over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.

Having a false heart; deceitful; treacherous. Sandys.

Dejected; low-spirited.

Armed with dreaded bolts. "Dread-bolted thunder." [Poetic] Shak.