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- Dictionarydigressive/dʌɪˈɡrɛsɪv/
adjective
- 1. characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject: "a digressive account"
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Digressive speech or writing moves away from the main subject: His interview style is often wildly digressive, and frequently mischievous . The plot is digressive and rambling .
: characterized by digressions. a digressive talk. digressively adverb. digressiveness noun. Synonyms. desultory. digressional. digressionary. discursive. excursive. leaping. maundering. meandering. rambling. wandering. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of digressive in a Sentence.
Digressive definition: tending to digress; departing from the main subject.. See examples of DIGRESSIVE used in a sentence.
noun. digressive in American English. (dɪˈɡresɪv, dai-) adjective. tending to digress; departing from the main subject. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. digressively. adverb. digressiveness. noun. Word origin.
adjective. (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” synonyms: discursive, excursive, rambling. indirect. extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action. adjective.
digressive - (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"
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Digressive definition: Characterized by digressions; rambling.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024 How to use digressive in a sentence He is known to be difficult, because of his love of the Latinate, and his non-linear, digressive , even symphonic, narrative style.
Synonyms for DIGRESSIVE: rambling, discursive, wandering, indirect, excursive, meandering, desultory, leaping; Antonyms of DIGRESSIVE: consistent, logical, coherent, direct, straightforward, focused, undeviating, focussed
