digressive
tending to digress; departing from the main subject.
Origin of digressive
1Other words from digressive
- di·gres·sive·ly, adverb
- di·gres·sive·ness, noun
- un·di·gres·sive, adjective
- un·di·gres·sive·ly, adverb
- un·di·gres·sive·ness, noun
Words Nearby digressive
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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.
Nigeria’s Larger-Than-Life Nobel Laureate Chronicles a Fascinating Life | Chimamanda Adichie | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is in this incidental and digressive way that we get the description of the Gospel in i. 18-ii.
They were simply digressive, which was to be expected, as elation befogs one's "goal idea."
A Mind That Found Itself | Clifford Whittingham BeersSeveral chapters, that seem digressive in an historical light, are to be defended by this consideration.
Isabel had not been so digressive and withholding as he had thought.
Pierre; or The Ambiguities | Herman Melville
Instances might be multiplied of this humorous self-abandonment; but we are growing digressive.
William E. Burton: Actor, Author, and Manager | William L. Keese
British Dictionary definitions for digressive
/ (daɪˈɡrɛsɪv) /
characterized by digression or tending to digress
Derived forms of digressive
- digressively, adverb
- digressiveness, noun
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