Definitions for: Discursive

[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] (philosophy) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

Webster (1913) Definition: Dis*cur"sive, a. [Cf. F. discursif. See
Discourse, and cf. Discoursive.]
1. Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide
field; roving; digressive; desultory. ``Discursive
notices.'' --De Quincey.

The power he [Shakespeare] delights to show is not
intense, but discursive. --Hazlitt.

A man rather tacit than discursive. --Carlyle.

2. Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in
reasoning; argumentative.

Reason is her being, Discursive or intuitive.
--Milton.
-- Dis*cur"sive*ly, adv. -- Dis*cur"sive*ness, n.

Synonyms: dianoetic, digressive, excursive, indirect, logical, rambling

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