digressive

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. of superficial relevance if any“a digressive allusion to the day of the week”“a tangential remark”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: discursiveexcursiverambling
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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