"saltatory" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From saltate + -ory.",
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      "form": "more saltatory",
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      "form": "most saltatory",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:",
          "text": "When we had all laughed and applauded till we were faint, Starling, not to be outdone, favoured us with a more modern saltatory entertainment in the Lancashire clog manner — to the best of my belief, the longest dance ever performed […]",
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        "Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping."
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        "Proceeding by leaps rather than by smooth, continuous variation."
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  "word": "saltatory"
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    {
      "form": "more saltatory",
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        "superlative"
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          "ref": "1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:",
          "text": "When we had all laughed and applauded till we were faint, Starling, not to be outdone, favoured us with a more modern saltatory entertainment in the Lancashire clog manner — to the best of my belief, the longest dance ever performed […]",
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        "Of or pertaining to leaps or leaping."
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        "Proceeding by leaps rather than by smooth, continuous variation."
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