Crossword clues for digressive
digressive
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Digressive \Di*gress"ive\, a. [Cf. F. digressif.]
Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of
digression.
--Johnson.
Wiktionary
a. Marked by digression; rambling
WordNet
adj. of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark" [syn: tangential]
(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" [syn: discursive, excursive, rambling]
Usage examples of "digressive".
MORE ABOUT POSSESSIVE PRONOMINAL ENDINGS (plus a slightly digressive inquiry into the true nature of the combinations ly, ny, ry, ty) In the previous lesson we introduced a series of possessive pronominal endings that can be added to nouns: -nya "my", -lya "your", -lva "our" (incl.