excursive meaning

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

Definition of excursive

  1. (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

    Synonyms: digressive, discursive, rambling

    Similar: indirect

Scrabble score: 21 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with EX · words ending in VE · 9-letter words

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