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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of superficial relevance if any;
- Example: "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"
- Example: "a tangential remark"
[syn: digressive, tangential]

2. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects;
- Example: "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"
- Example: "a rambling discursive book"
- Example: "his excursive remarks"
- Example: "a rambling speech about this and that"
[syn: digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Digressive \Di*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. digressif.]
   Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of
   digression. --Johnson.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

digressive
    adj 1: of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion
           to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark" [syn:
           digressive, tangential]
    2: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main
       point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly
       digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among
       other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive
       remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" [syn:
       digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling]