as in rambling
passing from one topic to another
a digressive lecture on current events around the world
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Recent Examples of digressive
Like all Kashian’s work, Alter-Kashian is densely packed, and her breakneck, digressive style doesn’t leave much room to come up for air.
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
The Friend’s House Is Here, with its relaxed pace and digressive sequences of late-night dinner parties, feels like a minor Godard hangout movie.
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Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
This is slightly digressive, but Tunde and his lover, early on in the novel, have this big argument in Lahaina, in Hawaii.
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Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
The novel is detailed, digressive, densely populated, dull at times (as life is) and capable of tracking the most minute shifts in emotional weather.
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Mj Franklin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
The Friend’s House Is Here, with its relaxed pace and digressive sequences of late-night dinner parties, feels like a minor Godard hangout movie.
—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
This is slightly digressive, but Tunde and his lover, early on in the novel, have this big argument in Lahaina, in Hawaii.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
The novel is detailed, digressive, densely populated, dull at times (as life is) and capable of tracking the most minute shifts in emotional weather.
—
Mj Franklin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for digressive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for digressive
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Honeysuckle The warm, heady, floral scent of honeysuckle, which is strongest at dusk, is instantly recognizable, and the romantically rambling vines and tubular blooms make the climbing varieties cottage-garden classics.
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Vocals have an offhand nonchalance instead of hogging the spotlight, melodies sneak up on you rather than announce themselves, and the guitars avoid crunchy riffs and overdriven twang in favor of tart rambling and clean supporting chords.
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But by the boulder the real action was social and discursive.
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The temporary and discursive structure allowed global visibility without institutional permanence.
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“Digressive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/digressive. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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