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excursive - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'excursive' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Excursive [ a.]
- Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.

Meaning of 'excursive' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . excursive [ 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