Digressive: alternatives and connections

Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

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To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or spea…

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To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or spea…

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Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.

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Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.

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of Ramble

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Of or pertaining to a tangent; in the direction of a tangent.

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