Excursive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, given to, characterized by, or having the nature of digression.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Tending to digress.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to making excursions; rambling; wandering. Johnson.
  • Veering from point to point; wandering off from a subject; deviating; desultory; erratic: as, an excursive fancy or imagination.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
  • Equivalent
    indirect   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    wandering    roving    exploring    discursive   
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