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Digressive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Digressive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

of superficial relevance if any

"a digressive allusion to the day of the week"

"a tangential remark"

2

(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"

3

Marked by digression; rambling

Example Sentences
"a digressive allusion to the day of the week" adjective
"a tangential remark" adjective
"amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things" adjective
"a rambling discursive book" adjective
"his excursive remarks" adjective
"a rambling speech about this and that" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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