Hypertext Webster Gateway: "digressive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Digressive \Di*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. digressif.]
Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of
digression. --Johnson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
digressive
adj 1: of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to
the day of the week"; "a tangential remark [syn: {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: {discursive}, {excursive}, {rambling}]
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