rambling

Adjective

Synonyms: sprawling straggling straggly digressive discursive excursive meandering(a)wandering(a)winding

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

spreading out in different directions“sprawling handwriting”“straggling branches”“straggly hair”Synonyms: sprawling straggling straggly
(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: digressive discursive excursive
of a path e.g.“meandering streams”“rambling forest paths”“the river followed its wandering course”“a winding country road”Synonyms: meandering(a)wandering(a)winding

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Rambling \Ram"bling\ (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng), a. Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building. [1913 Webster]

Ramble \Ram"ble\ (r[a^]m"b'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rambled (r[a^]m"b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rambling (r[a^]m"bl[i^]ng).] [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf. Roam.]

1.To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world. [1913 Webster]

He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness, what is his liberty better than if driven up and down as a bubble by the wind?— Locke.[1913 Webster]

2.To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way. [1913 Webster]

3.To extend or grow at random. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll. [1913 Webster]