Definitions for: Digressive


[adj] (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"
[adj] of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"



Webster (1913) Definition: Di*gress"ive, a. [Cf. F. digressif.]
Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of
digression. --Johnson.

Synonyms: discursive, excursive, indirect, irrelevant, rambling, tangential

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