digressive

daɪˈɡrɛsɪv

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Definition of digressive - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

rambling

Rare

tending to include unrelated subjects

Rare

The digressive article covered many unrelated topics.

circuitous

meandering

rambling

off-topic

Rare

characterized by deviation from the main topic

Rare

His digressive speech confused the audience.

rambling

tangential

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Origin of digressive

Latin, digressus (departed) + -ive (suffix)

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excursive

adj.

digressive

tending to digress from the main topic

Examples of digressive in a sentence

The digressive novel wandered through different eras.
The digressive article lost the readers' interest quickly.
Her digressive comments during the meeting were distracting.

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French:digressif, divergent, ...
German:abschweifend, vom Thema abweichend, ...
Italian:divagante, fuori tema, ...
Spanish:divagante, tangencial, ...
Portuguese:divagante, digressivo, ...
Chinese:离题的, 偏离的, ...
Japanese:脱線的な, 脱線した, ...
Arabic:اِسْتِطْرَادِيّ, مُنحَرِف عَنِ المَوضُوع, ...
Hebrew:מִתְנַדֵּף, סוֹטֶה מֵהַנּוֹשֵׂא, ...
Russian:бессвязный, отвлеченный, ...
Ukrainian:розлогий, девіативний, ...
Hindi:विचलित, विषयांतर, ...
Bengali:অপ্রাসঙ্গিক, বিচ্যুতিমূলক, ...
Catalan:divagador, desviat, ...
Czech:odbočující, digresivní, ...
Danish:springende, afvigende, ...
Dutch:warrig, digressief, ...
Greek:παρεκβατικός, παρεκκλίνων, ...
Hungarian:csapongó, kitérő, ...
Khmer:រាយប៉ាយក្រៅប្រធានបទ, វង្វេងពីប្រធានបទ, ...
Korean:산만한, 탈선적인, ...
Persian:پراکنده, انحرافی, ...
Polish:dygresyjny, ...
Portuguese (BR):divagante, digressivo, ...
Romanian:divagant, deviant, ...
Swedish:utsvävande, utvikande, ...
Thai:พูดวกวน, นอกเรื่อง, ...
Turkish:daldan dala konan, konu dışı, ...
Vietnamese:lan man, lệch hướng, ...

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