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Discursive

  1. 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

    Similar: digressive, excursive, rambling

  2. adjective

    proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

    Similar: dianoetic

Word family

discursiveness · discursively

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Word parts

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