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Discursive Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Discursive has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition

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

Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.

Example Sentences
"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
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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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