digressive

[ dih-gres-iv, dahy- ]

adjective

1. tending to digress; departing from the main subject.

digressive

/ daɪˈɡrɛsɪv /

adjective

1. characterized by digression or tending to digress

Derived Forms

• diˈgressiveness, noun
• diˈgressively, adverb

Other Words From

• di·gressive·ly adverb
• di·gressive·ness noun
• undi·gressive adjective
• undi·gressive·ly adverb
• undi·gressive·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of digressive¹

From the Latin word dīgressīvus, dating back to 1605–15. See digress, -ive

Example Sentences

He is known to be difficult, because of his love of the Latinate, and his non-linear, digressive, even symphonic, narrative style.

From The Daily Beast

It is in this incidental and digressive way that we get the description of the Gospel in i. 18-ii.

From Project Gutenberg

They were simply digressive, which was to be expected, as elation befogs one's "goal idea."

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Several chapters, that seem digressive in an historical light, are to be defended by this consideration.

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Isabel had not been so digressive and withholding as he had thought.

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Instances might be multiplied of this humorous self-abandonment; but we are growing digressive.

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