discursive English

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What does discursive mean?

discursive

— adjective (= digressive, excursive, rambling) (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

— adjective (= dianoetic) proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

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discursive English » English

digressive

rambling

wordy

prolix

excursive

diffuse

dianoetic

voluble

verbose

twisting

sinuous

roundabout

redundant

meandrian

long-winded

long

lengthy

incoherent

disconnected

cursory