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Definition of Digressive

1. Adjective. Of superficial relevance if any. "A tangential remark"

2. Adjective. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects. "A rambling speech about this and that"

Definition of Digressive

1. a. Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

Definition of Digressive

1. Adjective. Marked by digression; rambling ¹

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Definition of Digressive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Digressive

digram digrams digraph digraphia digraphic digraphically digraphs digress digressed digresses

digressing digression digressional digressionary digressions digressive (current term) digressively digressiveness digs digs out

digs up diguanide diguanides diguanidinobutanase diguanylate cyclase digynia digynian digynous dihadron

Literary usage of Digressive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber (1846)
"digressive HARMONIC SUCCESSIONS. §272. We have thus far considered those harmonic successions which consist of two harmonies belonging to one and the same ..."

2. Outlines of English Literature by Thomas Budd Shaw, Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1866)
"... Sermons—Hallam's Criticism—Taylor's digressive Style—Isaac Barrow— His immense Acquirements — Compared to Pascal — The English Universities. ..."

3. Sights and Sounds: The Mystery of the Day: Comprising an Entire History of by Henry Spicer (1853)
"digressive—A few words on the Press—Vast increase—Use and abuse of the telegraph—Cruel hoax—Murder of the Prince-President—His resuscitation—General ..."

4. Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography by Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin (1865)
"digressive. IN preparing the foregoing pages, in order to avoid those .digressions which often mar the continuity of a narrative, we have omitted several ..."

5. Theory of Musical Composition, Treated with a View to a Naturally by Gottfried Weber (1846)
"digressive HARMONIC SUCCESSIONS. §272. We have thus far considered those harmonic successions which consist of two harmonies belonging to one and the same ..."

6. Outlines of English Literature by Thomas Budd Shaw, Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1866)
"... Sermons—Hallam's Criticism—Taylor's digressive Style—Isaac Barrow— His immense Acquirements — Compared to Pascal — The English Universities. ..."

7. Sights and Sounds: The Mystery of the Day: Comprising an Entire History of by Henry Spicer (1853)
"digressive—A few words on the Press—Vast increase—Use and abuse of the telegraph—Cruel hoax—Murder of the Prince-President—His resuscitation—General ..."

8. Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography by Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin (1865)
"digressive. IN preparing the foregoing pages, in order to avoid those .digressions which often mar the continuity of a narrative, we have omitted several ..."

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