digressive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'digressive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Digressive

[ a.]

- Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

1 . digressive

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- of superficial relevance if any

Example in sentence:

Meaning (2):
- (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

Example in sentence:

a rambling discursive book;
a rambling speech about this and that;
amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things;
his excursive remarks

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