digressive
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- of superficial relevance if any“a digressive allusion to the day of the week”“a tangential remark”Synonyms: tangential
- (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
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]