digressive
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- digressively adverb
- digressiveness noun
- undigressive adjective
- undigressively adverb
- undigressiveness noun
Etymology
Origin of digressive
From the Latin word dīgressīvus, dating back to 1605–15. See digress, -ive
Example Sentences
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The long, digressive rural idyll “NN” follows a sophisticated city dweller’s return to the village of his childhood country house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The photography is occasionally dazzling—a standout sequence is a series of time-lapse images providing views of the movements of the stars over Africa—but Mr. Herzog is primarily a storyteller, albeit a digressive one.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
Lily Tomlin, Parton’s “9 to 5” co-star, gave a delightful, digressive introduction.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025
However, it appears that the 79-year-old president mixed up the two men when telling one of his digressive stories, this time about Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber.
From Salon • Jul. 23, 2025
It is in this incidental and digressive way that we get the description of the Gospel in i. 18-ii.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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