Definition of Digressive in English :

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Digressive meaning in English

Meaning of Digressive in English

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Digressive

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Adjective

1. digressive, tangential

of superficial relevance if any

Example Sentences:
'a digressive allusion to the day of the week'
'a tangential remark'

2. digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling

(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Digressive

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adjective
characterized by digression or tending to digress

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Digressive

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adjective
digressing or given to digression

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Digressive

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adj.
Characterized by digressions; rambling.

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