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Meaning of 'discursive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Discursive [ a.]
- Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.
- Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.

Meaning of 'discursive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . discursive [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (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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