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Meaning of 'rambling' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rambling [ a.]
- Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building.
2 . Rambling [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Ramble

Meaning of 'rambling' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rambling [ 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
Meaning (2):
- of a path e.g.
Example in sentence:
  • a winding country road;
  • meandering streams;
  • rambling forest paths;
  • the river followed its wandering course
Meaning (3):
- spreading out in different directions or distributed irregularly
Example in sentence:
  • sprawling handwriting;
  • straggling branches;
  • straggly hair

Nearby Words:

ram ramadan ramage ramagious ramal ramayana ramberge ramble rambled rambler

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