digressive
adjective
, də-\
Definition of digressive
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Synonyms for digressive
Synonyms
desultory, digressional, digressionary, discursive, excursive, leaping, maundering, meandering, rambling, wandering
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Just as Babitz introduced her slender 1977 masterpiece Slow Days, Fast Company as an effort to seduce not the reader but a disinterested boyfriend, so Anolik announces this book as her own wayward, digressive romance. — Lidija Haas, Harper's magazine, "New Books," 10 Jan. 2019 Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions. — Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, "‘Power, Pleasure, and Profit’ Review: Self-Mastery Versus Self-Interest," 5 Oct. 2018 By Francesca Lidia Viano Harvard, 577 pages, $35 In her fascinating, digressive and relentlessly inquisitive study, Ms. Viano, an Italian historian, demonstrates that the statue is mysterious and full of surprises. — Michael O’donnell, WSJ, "‘Sentinel’ Review: The New Colossus," 9 Nov. 2018 The book is a slim, digressive mystery, in which veteran journalists swap anecdotes about the bizarre case of a corpse that had no business turning up in their town. — Noel Murray, The Verge, "Castle Rock is the perfect excuse to start watching Haven on Netflix," 27 July 2018 And this haphazard collection of setups, stunts and gags has that same scattershot, digressive energy. — Ann Hornaday, kansascity, "A game cast makes good-natured ‘Tag’ a fun time," 14 June 2018 The dialogue teems with discussions of Rimbaud, Walt Whitman, W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, and Honoré's intellectually capacious script doesn't treat these references as digressive or ornamental. — Justin Chang, latimes.com, "Cannes: Passion and politics merge in the exquisite doomed romances of 'Ash Is Purest White,' 'Cold War'," 13 May 2018 If, occasionally, going down the rabbit hole with Hazel seems digressive, that is all right. — Bethanne Patrick, Philly.com, "'Isaac Severy': Hilarious novel about family, death, madness - and math," 4 Apr. 2018 Sporting shoulder-length hair and decked out in a moss green velvet blazer, gingham shirt, and skinny tie, Anderson comes across as unassuming and digressive. — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Isle of Dogs’ tells you everything you need to know about Wes Anderson’s faith in humanity.," 22 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'digressive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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